McMillion v. Pigg
Supreme Court of Alabama
Iir December, 1828, J. McMillion filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa county, sitting in Chancery, against C. Pigg and W. M. Marr, praying an injunction and relief against a judgment at law, which had been rendered against him in the County Court of that county, in favor of Marr.
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Iir December, 1828, J. McMillion filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa county, sitting in Chancery, against C. Pigg and W. M. Marr, praying an injunction and relief against a judgment at law, which had been rendered against him in the County Court of that county, in favor of Marr. In his bill he charged, that in March, 1827, he purchased a slave of Pigg; that he paid him @150 in hand, and gave him his note for @200, payable the 1st of January next thereafter; that at the time, Pigg executed a bill of sale of the slave, with a warranty of soundness and health, which bill of sale is…
1Opinion of the Court
By JUDGE SAFFOLD.
The subject of controversy charged in the complainants bill, involves in some degree, a question of vast importance and difficulty; one on which there has been both in the United States and England, perhaps more contrariety of decision, than on any of such frequent recurrence. It would appear to be a matter of equal surprise and regret, that a question so essential to the rights of individuals, should not long since, have been settled by some uniform rule of judicial decision, or legislative enactment. The question alluded to is, under what circumstances, and in what manner…
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