Morrow v. . Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Detinue for a slave, tried on the last circuit, before his Honor, Judge Norwood. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the court upon the following case : Jemima Bradshaw, on the 3,0th of December, 1820, signed an' instrument of which the following is a copy : “ To ail people to whom these presents s hall come : I " Jemima Bradshaw, for and in consideration of the na- ” tural love and affection, which I have and bear to my >ji beloved son-in-law…
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Detinue for a slave, tried on the last circuit, before his Honor, Judge Norwood. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the court upon the following case : Jemima Bradshaw, on the 3,0th of December, 1820, signed an' instrument of which the following is a copy : “ To ail people to whom these presents s hall come : I " Jemima Bradshaw, for and in consideration of the na- ” tural love and affection, which I have and bear to my >ji beloved son-in-law Arthur Morrow, and my daughter “ Jemima Morrow, and for divers other good considerations mo hereunto moving, have given…
1Opinion of the Court
Hair, Judge.
Several valid objections occur to the claim of the plaintiffs.
The *s’ ^iac ^16 gift is not established by a deed, or in its absence by evidence of a delivery ; the writing hiti'oduced and relied upon, not being under seal, is nothing more than the declaration of Jemima Bradshaw, ^at sjie g.m, t}ie neg1>0 to her daughter and soii-in-law: but there having been no delivery, no title vested in them, and there being no valuable consideration, no right of property passed from her.
Another objection is, that supposing this writing conveyed the title of the negro, only a remainder is given…
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