Nicholls v. . Holmes
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an Action of Trover, tried before his Honor Judge DiOK, at' the Spring Term, 1854, of New Hanover Superior Court. * The case sufficiently appears from the opinion of the Court..
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.
The case is not stated with the order and clearness that is so necessary in all judicial proceedings; but, as we understand it, four points are intended to be presented.
1st. Ned, the slave in controversy, was the child of a woman by the name of “ Rittey.” The plaintiff alleged that Rittey was bequeathed to him by his father’s will, and it was material to prove that Rittey was one of the slaves of the testator. Whereupon, he called “ a witness, who named several slaves as formerly belonging to the testator, when the plaintiff’s counsel remarked to the witness, that for the purpose of…
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