Graves v. Hemken

The plaintiff, Polly Lucy Travis, alias Mary L. Graves, the wife of Richard Graves, asserts title to a negro woman, named Jennie, and her children, who were seized as the property of her husband, at the suit of Hemken. She claims under the will of her father, Sherod Sims, of South Carolina, deceased. The defendants allege, that the slaves belong to the husband, and were brought into the State by him, and that he has always possessed them as his property.

The plaintiff had a verdict and judgment, and the defendant, Hemken, appealed.

The children of the plaintiff joined in this suit, but as they *104h…