Hutcheson v. Blakeman

JUDGE WOOD

DELIVERED THE OPINION OP THE COURT:

It is an undisputed fact, that the slaves in contest in this action were the property of appellant anterior to the negotiation by the letters which are shown to have been sent and received by the parties respectively, in regard to the sale on the one side and the purchase on the other, of said slaves.

The first, and indeed the principal and controlling, question presented upon the record is this: Did the letter from appellant to appellee, dated 18th Nov., 1859, and the letter from the latter to the former in response, dated 26th of the same month,…