Fowler v. Stonum
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. This suit was brought by the appellants'to recover of the, appellee damages for mu alleged trespass commuted in inking and carrying away certain slaves claimed to have been the property and in the lawful possession of the plaint ills.
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Appeal from Harris. This suit was brought by the appellants'to recover of the, appellee damages for mu alleged trespass commuted in inking and carrying away certain slaves claimed to have been the property and in the lawful possession of the plaint ills. The defendant pleaded, 1st, ‘‘not guilty ” and a general denial; 2d, in substance, that i he slaves in controversy were the property of the defendant; that previously to the alleged trespass they had been ami were wrongfully and illegally withheld by the plaintiffs from 1 he defendant, and that in the alleged trespass the defendant was lmt…
1Opinion of the CourtWheelbe, J.
In the view of the case we have taken it will not become necessary to examine particularly all the various rulings of the court presented by the record, but those only will be considered which it is deemed may be material to the present disposition and ultimate decision of the case. It is not necessary to revise the ruling presented by the first bill of exceptions. The defendant had admitted the execution of the plaintiff’s bill of sale. It had been thereupon admitted in evidence. Whether it was such an instrument as was required or permitted by law to be recorded, and was therefore…
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