Banks v. Thomas
Tennessee Supreme Court
By bill of sale, purporting to have been made on the 12th of March, 1832, George C. Simons conveyed two negroes to his brother, John Simons, to whom possession of them was then delivered. The latter sold and conveyed them, by bill of sale, dated October 22, 1833, to Ezekiel Thomas, to whom the possession was likewise delivered.
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By bill of sale, purporting to have been made on the 12th of March, 1832, George C. Simons conveyed two negroes to his brother, John Simons, to whom possession of them was then delivered. The latter sold and conveyed them, by bill of sale, dated October 22, 1833, to Ezekiel Thomas, to whom the possession was likewise delivered. Between the .3d,of May, 1832, and the 12th of July, 1834, several judgments were recovered against George C. Simons, by the plaintiffs in error, Murray and Crockett, amounting to nearly five hundred dollars.. Writs of fi. fa., issued upon these judgments, were levied…
1Opinion of the Court
Green J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of trover and conversion, brought by Thomas, the defendant in error, to recover several negro slaves. These slaves were the property of George C. Si-mons, and were by him conveyed to John Simons on the 12th of March, 1832, and by him conveyed to the defendant in error, on the 22nd of October, 1833. The bill of sale from George G. to John Simons, has never been proven and registered. The negroes were levied upon on the 16th of February, 1835, by virtue of executions in favorof the plaintiffs in error, and several other persons,…
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- Covington v. MurrayTennessee Supreme Court · 1967
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