Bohn v. Headley
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of troyer for slaves. The defendant, (now appellant.) pleaded not guilty, and issue was joined. 1. At the trial flic case was admitted to be this — One Thomas Tucker, of ,!lnne-¿3rundel county, being the owner of, and having in his possession, the negroes in the following deed mentioned, on the 7th of September 1796 executed the said deed, whereby he did give, grant, and make over unto his three daughters, Mary Tudley…
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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of troyer for slaves. The defendant, (now appellant.) pleaded not guilty, and issue was joined. 1. At the trial flic case was admitted to be this — One Thomas Tucker, of ,!lnne-¿3rundel county, being the owner of, and having in his possession, the negroes in the following deed mentioned, on the 7th of September 1796 executed the said deed, whereby he did give, grant, and make over unto his three daughters, Mary Tudley Tucker, Rebecca Fairbain Tucker, and Harriet Tucker, three negro slaves, as follows: Unto his daughter M. T. Tucker his…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
The only question brought before the court below in this case, connected with this appeal, was, whether the voluntary deed of gift of Thomas Tucker to the appellee, was void by the statutes 13th and 27th of Elizabeth, against fraudulent conveyances? We think the court decided correctly on the point submitted for their determination, according to the testimony in the cause. The deed of gift was duly executed, acknowledged and recorded, in 1796, and fourteen years afterwards the donor sold the negro, given by said deed, to the appellant. It is not shown that in 1796, or between that time and…
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