Delony v. Delony

Mr. Chief Justice

English delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the trial of this cause in the court below, the plaintiff, Alchymy Delony, introduced in evidence, without objection, the following deeds, under which he claimed the two slaves in controversy, Joe and Jack:

let Deed — •“ Be it known that 1, Ann Delony, of Madison county, Alabama, influenced by parental affection for my son and grandchildren herein named, do give to my son, Henry E. Blount and his personal representatives or legal successor, my negro boy Joe, about seven or eight years old, as and for a slave for life, yet on the…