Camp v. Moseley
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to Leon Circuit Court. William D. Moseley and Martha Ann Manly, administrator and administratrix de bonis non of Samuel Parkhill, and Hiram Manly, in right of his wife, (said Martha,) administrator de boms non, at the Spring Term (1846) of Leon Circuit Court, instituted an action of trespass against John G. Camp, for seizing a large number (180) of slaves.
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Writ of Error to Leon Circuit Court. William D. Moseley and Martha Ann Manly, administrator and administratrix de bonis non of Samuel Parkhill, and Hiram Manly, in right of his wife, (said Martha,) administrator de boms non, at the Spring Term (1846) of Leon Circuit Court, instituted an action of trespass against John G. Camp, for seizing a large number (180) of slaves. The declaration alleged the slaves to he the property of the plaintiffs in their representative character — that they were seized and taken by defendant and by him detained for a long time, and that thereby the plaintiffs were…
1Opinion of the Court
Hawkins, J.,
delivered the following opinion:
The administrators de bonis non of Parkhill brought this action of trespass vi et armis in the Court below against Camp for seizing, taking, and leading away divers negro slaves, a hundred and eighty in number, the property of the said administrators. They allege in their declaration, besides the trespass, that these slaves were detained and kept by Camp for a long time, whereby great damage accrued to the plaintiff by the deprivation of their services, &c. — ■ The defendant, Camp, pleaded the general issue, and justified himself for the alleged…
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