Reynolds v. Roebuck
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the. Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the,Hon.„WM. S. Mudo. , This action was. brought by Mary Reynolds, against-John Roebuck, to recover certain slaves, together with damages for their detention ;$and was commenced on the 14th November, 1859. The only plea was the general issue, “with leave to give any special matter in evidence.”' It appeared from the evidence adduced on the trial, as the bill of exceptions shows, that the plaintiff was the mother-in-law…
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Appeal from the. Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the,Hon.„WM. S. Mudo. , This action was. brought by Mary Reynolds, against-John Roebuck, to recover certain slaves, together with damages for their detention ;$and was commenced on the 14th November, 1859. The only plea was the general issue, “with leave to give any special matter in evidence.”' It appeared from the evidence adduced on the trial, as the bill of exceptions shows, that the plaintiff was the mother-in-law of the defendant,, and, on the 22d May, 1850, executed to him a bill of sale for tbe slaves'in controversy, which…
1Opinion of the CourtR.W. Walker, J.
If the bill .of sale found in the record was the only evidence before the arbitrators, in support of the defendant’s claim to the -immediate possession of the slaves, it may be difficult to understand how it was that they awarded in Ms favor on that point. But the evidence before the arbitrators is not set out; and it does not appear that any effort was made on the trial to impeach the award for fraud or corruption on their part. Under these circumstances, there was no error in the charges otf the court. For it is certainly the law, that parties who, after the making of an award, ratify and…
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