Newman v. Pryor
Supreme Court of Alabama
■ Error to the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before ■ the Hon. Thos. A. Walker. '• I.The action is trespass, brought by Wm.
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■ Error to the Circuit Court of Montgomery. Tried before ■ the Hon. Thos. A. Walker. '• I.The action is trespass, brought by Wm. T. Givens in,the court below against James W. Pryor, for seizing and carrying away certain slaves improperly. ‘ 1. The suit was brought to the fall term of Montgomery county 1846; at the spring term thereof, in 1847, the death of the plaintiff, Givens, was suggested and James M. Newman was made plaintiff in his place. 2. At the fall term 1848, and spring term 1848 and 1849, the case was continued by Newman as plaintiff. , • 3. At the fall term J 849, the case was…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, J.
Givens brought his action of trespass against Pryor, in the Circuit Court of Montgomery county, on the I9lh of October 1846. The declaration is in the name of Givens as plaintiff. The cause was continued at the spring term 1847. At the fall term of the same year, the plaintiff’s death was suggested and the cause continued. And at the spring term 1S4S, the following, entry was made: “ In this case the death of the plaintiff being suggested to the court, on motion James M. Newman, administrator, is made party plaintiff, and cause continued by said administrator.” It was continued at the two…
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