Boner v. Boner
West Virginia Supreme Court
The appeal in this cause was taken by G. D. Camden, L. H. Somers and Sarah E. Adams, who were purchasers of slaves at a judicial sale decreed in the cause. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Pauxl Judge.
In April 1860, the Plaintiffs filed their bill against the Defendants for the partition of slaves of which they were the joint owners; the Court finding from the report of a commissioner that partition of the slaves in kind could not be made among the claimants, directed a sale, and appointed a commissioner to make the same. In pursuance of this order he sold the slaves, eleven in number, on the 7th day .of January 1861, to different purchasers, taking from them single bills, with sufficient sureties, payable in one, two and three years after date, pursuant to the provisions of…
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