Jones v. Lawrence

The judgment of the court (King, J. absent,) was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiff sued out against the defendant an attachment, under' which a slave in his possession was levied upon. Smiley then intervened, claiming the slave under a deed of trust alleged to have been executed, and duly recorded, in Tennesse, by Lawrence and his wife, before the institution of this suit. He was represented by Messrs. Edwards and Barker, the defendant’s counsel.

On the trial of the cause, these counsel having absented themselves, and not being found in the court-buildings, the plaintiff proved his claim, and…