Cole v. Penticost Robinson's Ex'rs
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an action on the case, tried before his Honor Judge Dick, at the Spring Term, 1838, of Richmond Superior Court of Law. A verdict and judgment having been rendered for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed to the Supreme Court. All the material facts of the case are stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaston, J.
There are three counts in the declaration of the plaintiffs. In the first, the plaintiffs charge that the defendant was possessed of two negro slaves of an estate during the life of Joanna Sergener, the remainder of the estate in said slaves belonging to the plaintiffs; and that the defendant, while so possessed, with intent to injure, prejudice and aggrieve the plaintiffs in their said interest in remainder, removed the slaves beyond the State to parts unknown to the plaintiffs, and absolutely sold and converted them to his own use, whereby the said plaintiffs,after the death of the said…
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