Hester v. Young
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover in Bulloch Superior Court. Tried before Judge Fleming. Verdict for the defendant, and motion for a new trial overruled — October Term, 1846. For the facts of the case and the grounds of error, see the decision of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, Judge,
delivering the opinion.
The facts disclosed in this record are ás follows. The plaintiff instituted suit in the Court below, for the recovery of two slaves, and, upon the trial, having proven a demand, tendered in evidence the following paper.
“ Georgia, Effingham County,) j
19th June, in the year of our .Lord one thous- and eight hundred and twenty-six.
Know all men by these presents, that I William Womack, in consideration of natural love and affection for my son, Frederick Womack, I do give unto him the following property. Three hundred acres of land which I now live…
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