Harper v. Scott
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover, in Houston Superior Court. Tried before Judge Johnson, presiding for Judge Powers. April Term, 1852. The record discloses these facts. In 1836, James Hudson intermarried with Sarah Walden. She was a widow, with two sons, by a former marriage, to wit: Joseph Harper and Jesse Harper, and possessed thirteen slaves and several lots of land.
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Trover, in Houston Superior Court. Tried before Judge Johnson, presiding for Judge Powers. April Term, 1852. The record discloses these facts. In 1836, James Hudson intermarried with Sarah Walden. She was a widow, with two sons, by a former marriage, to wit: Joseph Harper and Jesse Harper, and possessed thirteen slaves and several lots of land. Prior to their marriage, they entered into an agreement in reference to her property, of which the following is a copy : “ GEORGIA, Houston County : Know all men by these presents, that whereas, James Hudson and Sarah Walden, both of the State and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The questions made on the instructions of the Court, relative to the instrument executed by James Hudson, in 1842, and on the Court’s refusal to instruct as requested by counsel for the defendant, are mainly relied upon for a re-hearing, and are first to be considered. In 1836, James Hudson, being about to enter into matrimony with Mrs. Sarah Walden, made with her a settlement, in which it was stipulated on his part, that the property which she then owned, consisting of some thirteen negroes, and several lots of land, should be her’s for her…
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