Kornegay v. . Carroway
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The allegations of the bill were, that the plaintiff ICornegay, conveyed five slaves to the defendant Susan-nah, his mother-in-law, upon an agreement that she should reconvey them to several members of his family. That the defendant Susannah conveyed one of them named Lucy to' Mary, the daughter of the plaintiff ICor-negay, and the wife of the plaintiff Bryant.
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The allegations of the bill were, that the plaintiff ICornegay, conveyed five slaves to the defendant Susan-nah, his mother-in-law, upon an agreement that she should reconvey them to several members of his family. That the defendant Susannah conveyed one of them named Lucy to' Mary, the daughter of the plaintiff ICor-negay, and the wife of the plaintiff Bryant. That she afterwards convoyed' th.e remaining four to the wife of the plaintiff ICornegay — that the latter assented to these conveyances, and that the deeds were left ivith him for the purpose of being proved and recorded. That tho…
1Opinion of the Court
Dastxex, Judge.
After stating the pleadings and proofs as above, proceeded. — It appears that the case made by the bill, is a very different one from that made by the proofs in the cause. If the case made by the bill, had been supported by proofs, the plaintiffs would have been entitled to relief on the special prayer in the bill to have an account of the value of the slaves, after the defendants had spoliated the title deeds, and taken the slaves away, and sold them to persons unknown. In that case, there would have been no necessity to have made the wife of Henry Kornegay a party plaintiff…
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