Fears v. Sykes
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Monroe county. Hon. William Cothran, judge. Cited Story’s Confl. Laws, §§ 582-582 b.; Ang. on Limitations, 188 et seq.; Short v. McCarthy, 3 Barn. & Aid. 626 ; Livermore v. Johnson, 27 Miss. 284; Gfoodrich v. Pendleton, 3 J. 0. R. 385; Lewin on Trustees, 617; Mitford’s PI. 269; 1 Humphrey’s R. 457; Wells v. Payland, 1 Swann’s R. 501. Cited 11 Mass. 36; Angelí onLim. 64-69; 3 J. C. R. 319; 6 Wend.’ 475; 13 East, 439; 8 Porter, 80; 1 Stewart & P.…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Monroe county. Hon. William Cothran, judge. Cited Story’s Confl. Laws, §§ 582-582 b.; Ang. on Limitations, 188 et seq.; Short v. McCarthy, 3 Barn. & Aid. 626 ; Livermore v. Johnson, 27 Miss. 284; Gfoodrich v. Pendleton, 3 J. 0. R. 385; Lewin on Trustees, 617; Mitford’s PI. 269; 1 Humphrey’s R. 457; Wells v. Payland, 1 Swann’s R. 501. Cited 11 Mass. 36; Angelí onLim. 64-69; 3 J. C. R. 319; 6 Wend.’ 475; 13 East, 439; 8 Porter, 80; 1 Stewart & P. 36; Story Confl. Laws, § 582 b; 3 Hen. & Munf. 59; 5 lb. 101; 5 Crunch, 358; 4 Terg. 175; lb. 507; 2 Ala. (N. S.) 561;…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff in error to recover from the defendant a female slave in his possession, alleged to be the property of the plaintiff’s intestate.
It appears, by the record, that the slave in controversy had been the property of one John Chism, in the State of Alabama, prior to, and during, the year 1839, and, on the 16th September of that year, that Chism executed a bill of sale for her to the plaintiff’s intestate, Hansford J. Fears; that, on the 12th October of the same year, Chism executed a bill of sale for the slave, for a valuable consideration, to one Lewis G-.…
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