Martin v. Trigg

Judge Bkeck

delivered the opinion of the Court.

TTat> the terms upon which Trigg was authorized to transfer the slaves in contest to a trustee, for the use of Mrs. Martin and her children, been complied with, and the title to the slaves had been actually so transferred .and vested, a Court of equity, under all the circumstances of the case, might well have refused to grant the relief sought. But as the terms were not complied with, and as the title to the slaves still remained in Trigg, it seems to us that the Court below erred in dismissing the *529•complainant’s bill, and granting relief upon the…