Clark v. Slaughter
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Rankin county. Hon. John Watts, chancellor. Cited Gable v. Martin ‡ Bell, 1 How. 558; Baines v. MeG-ee, 1 S. & M. 219 ; Grand Gulf Bank v. Barnes, 2 lb. 219; Knott v. Lyon, 26 Miss. R. 560; Garrieron v. Garrieron, 29 lb. 120; Hoover v. Wells’s Admr., 83 lb. 538; 1 Story Eq. 385; 2 Kent Com. 240; Eonbl. Eq. 80 ; Sug. on Tend. (9th London ed.), 300; 8 B. Monroe, 543.
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This was a bill filed by the appellant in the Chancery Court of Rankin county, for the purpose of recovering possession of a slave in the possession of one of the defendants, and hire for the use of the slave, with a suggestion that the slave was about to be removed, so as to prevent his recovery of possession, and praying an injunction.
The pleadings appear to be very, prolix, and it is needless to state them, in order to a proper presentation of the merits of the case now to be determined. The material facts appearing by the pleadings, and necessary to be taken into view in this appeal, are…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cameron v. CameronMississippi Supreme Court · 1855
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- Doyle v. RolwingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901