Ponder v. Moseley
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Leon Circuit Court. The appellees as administrarira de horns iron, instituted an notion of detinue, against the appellant in Leon Cireiii; CWri to l-movc" sundry slaves in the possession oi dcibadant below, alleged to ho the property of Samuel Parkhill, deceased. The declaration contains two counts in usual form — one alleging a delivery by plaintiffs and a detention after demand — the other a finding by defendant and a like detention.
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Appeal from Leon Circuit Court. The appellees as administrarira de horns iron, instituted an notion of detinue, against the appellant in Leon Cireiii; CWri to l-movc" sundry slaves in the possession oi dcibadant below, alleged to ho the property of Samuel Parkhill, deceased. The declaration contains two counts in usual form — one alleging a delivery by plaintiffs and a detention after demand — the other a finding by defendant and a like detention. The defendant pleaded three pleas: 1. Non detinet. 2. That the slaves were not the property of plaintiffs. 3. That plaintiffs were not lawfully…
1Opinion of the Court
LANCASTER, J.,
delivered the following opinion :
This case comes before this Court by appeal from Leon Circuit Court. It is an action of detinue brought by the administrators de bonis non on the estate of Samuel Parkhill, deceased, to recover from the defendant, William G. Ponder, certain negro slaves alleged to belong to the plaintiffs as such administrators, and to be detained by the defendant, Ponder. The declaration contains two counts. The first declares upon a delivery of the slaves to the defendant by the plaintiff,', to be re-delivered to thorn, when he, the defendant, *261should be thereto…
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