Henderson v. Drace
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Dade Circuit Cowt. This was an action commenced February 26, 1856, in the Johnson circuit court, to recover damages for an alleged wrongful taking and carrying out of the state and conversion of a female slave belonging to the plaintiffs.
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Appeal from Dade Circuit Cowt. This was an action commenced February 26, 1856, in the Johnson circuit court, to recover damages for an alleged wrongful taking and carrying out of the state and conversion of a female slave belonging to the plaintiffs. The cause, as originally commenced, was entitled as follows : “ Nancy E. Henderson, Lucinda N. Henderson, Georgia Ann Henderson, minors, by Joseph W. Henderson, curator of the estates of said minors, plaintiffs, v. Peter H. B. Drace, defendant.” Defendant appeared and answered. Afterwards on the 13th day of August, 1856, in vacation, a writ of…
1Opinion of the Court
Napton, Judge,
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
This suit originated in Johnson county, and was removed from that county to Henry, and thence to Dade county, where it was ultimately disposed of. The writ issued in February, 1856, and the petition is for damages occasioned by the defendant’s taking and carrying off a slave alleged to belong to the plaintiffs.
On the 13th of August, 1856, an attachment was issued by the clerk of the circuit court of Johnson county in vacation, upon an affidavit of Joseph W. Henderson, curator of the minor plaintiffs, and the filing of a written contract…
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