Willis v. Willis' Administrators

Judge Ewing

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

B. G. Willis and William Willis made an exchange of .slaves, in the lifetime of the former, by which the latter exchanged a boy, with the former, for a girl. The possession of each remained with their former owners, as their mothers were owned by them. The girl died, and B. G. Willis died. And, after their deaths, William Willis gave the boy to his grandson, and delivered him to his father, the defendant, for his use.

The administrators of B. G. Willis brought an action of detinue against the father, for the boy, and declared in two counts, one on…