Pope v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Platte Circuit Court. This suit was commenced March 5, 1856. The facts in evidence sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Platte Circuit Court. This suit was commenced March 5, 1856. The facts in evidence sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Plaintiff asked the court to instruct the jury as follows : “ 1. Before the defendant can set up any claim to the ne-groes, he must show that he is a purchaser from Cyrus Miller, the donor, or from the children, his donees. 2. If the jury find from the evidence that Miller was an innocent purchaser of said slave Ellen from Bruce, Fisher, and others, for a valuable consideration — took said negroes into his possession and kept them some time, and then…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This suit was brought by the children of Alamander Pope, through their guardian, to recover several slaves sold to the defendant by their father. The defendant gave bond as required by the statute,'and retained possession of the slaves. During the pendency of the suit three of the slaves died, and this fact was brought to the attention of the court in a supplemental answer filed by the defendant.
It appears, from the evidence preserved at the trial, that Alamander Pope, in 1843, lived in Boyle county, Kentucky; that at this time he was hopelessly insolvent, and in order to secure certain of…
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