Wright v. Wright

James M. Wright exhibited his bill in chancery, alledging, that Joseph Wright had bought a negro slave in the state of Maryland, and received a bill of sale for him and brought him to this country, and in a. *9By years since, placed him under Benjamin Wright, to learn the trade of a Blacksmith; that Benjamin Wright had kept him, after his apprenticeship was tover, many } ears, and claimed and used him as his own ; and Joseph Wright being inattentive to his concerns,’had made no attempt to. recover him, till by-lapse of time, his right to recover had become doubtful, and the said Joseph Wright…