Betty v. Moore

■Judge Nicholas

delivered the Opinion of the Court,

This suit was brought by Betty to establish her right to freedom. She claims it under the will of Jeremiah Morton, emancipating her after the death of his wife Judith, who was dead previous to the institution of the suit, and who previous to, during and subsequent to her mar. riage with Morton, had Betty in possession for sixteen or eighteen years.

To rebut this claim, the defendant proved that Mrs. Morton obtained Betty from her brother, Frank Moore, by purchase ; the terms of which are stated by one witness thus; “ so far as the title was…