Tate v. Penne

The petitioner claims a slave and five children, which she alleges she purchased in the year 1812, and possessed them for a longtime after: that the defendant has taken them into possession and refuses to deliver up. r

The defendant pleads the general issue; avers that she has a good title to the property sued for, that the slaves were purchased in *549(rust for her: and finally that she has held them five years previous to the institution of this suit, in virtue of a just title, and with good fidth.

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