Roseberry v. Roseberry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Possessory Warrant, in Newton Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss^ at the March Term, i860. The record in this case exhibits the following state of facts, to wit: On the 10th day of February, i860, Richard Roseberry obtained a possessory warrant against Robert Roseberry, to obtain the possession of four negro slaves, to wit: Malissa, a woman, about 24 years old; Nancy, a woman, about 22 years old; Jesse, a boy, about 16 years old; and Esther, a girl, child of…
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Possessory Warrant, in Newton Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss^ at the March Term, i860. The record in this case exhibits the following state of facts, to wit: On the 10th day of February, i860, Richard Roseberry obtained a possessory warrant against Robert Roseberry, to obtain the possession of four negro slaves, to wit: Malissa, a woman, about 24 years old; Nancy, a woman, about 22 years old; Jesse, a boy, about 16 years old; and Esther, a girl, child of Malissa, about 4 years old. On the 14th of February, i860, the case came before J. W. B. Summers, B. F. Carr, and P. Reynolds,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Jlnkins, J.,
delivering the opinion.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, on certiorari, sued out to correct alleged errors of three Justices of the Inferior Court of Newton county, upon the trial of a possessory warrant, to try the right of possession, under the Act of December, 1821, entitled: “An Act, more effectually to quiet and protect the possession of personal property, and to prevent taking possession by fraud or violence.”
The record discloses the fact, that this was the third warrant sued out, within the present year, by the same plaintiff, against the…
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