Cantrell v. Hewlett
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 79 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM CALDWELL CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Civil Code, sec. 342. 1 Slant. Rev. Stat.,p. 226. CITED— 1 Mon., 6-7. 1 Slant. Rev. Slat., 551, $ec. 4, 'pp. 226 and 551. Civil Code, sec. 32. 18 B. Mon., 759 ; Warner vs. Turner. 1 Metcalfe, 163. 18 B. Monroe, 612; Neal vs. Elliott.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion oe the court:
This cause is for the second time in this court on the appeal of Cantrell, the defendant in the court below. The action was brought by R. P. Bearden to recover of Cantrell a slave named Anthony, or his value, and damages for the use and detention of him; and on the first trial in the circuit court resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, which was reversed by this court for errors' in the ruling of the court.
A new trial being ordered on the return of the cause, the plaintiff recovered a verdict at the June term, 1864, for “ the boy…
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