Johnson v. Green
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 15. Ord. Pet. APPEAL FROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT. This suit is brought by Johnson and wife to recover the value of a slave alledged to be the property of the wife, which it is said the appellee converted to his own use.
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Case 15. Ord. Pet. APPEAL FROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT. This suit is brought by Johnson and wife to recover the value of a slave alledged to be the property of the wife, which it is said the appellee converted to his own use. The court instructed the jury to find for the defendant as in case of non-suit, upon the ground that a judgment for the value of the slave would not divest Mrs. Johnson of her title to the slave, as that could only be done in the mode pointed out by the statute. Judgment being rendered for the defendant the plaintiff has appealed. The object of the statute of 1846 to protect…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Crenshaw
delivered the opinion of the court:
This action is brought by Johnson and wife to recover from Green the proceeds or value of a negro girl, charged to be the property of Mrs. Johnson, which Green took and carried away to New Orleans, *121and there sold, and converted the proceeds to his own use. This is the substance of the averments in the first petition. An amended petition was filed averring that Green took and carried awray the slave and converted her to his own use.
Green denies that he took and carried away the girl and sold her wrongfully, and converted the proceeds to his own…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnston v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1851