Roberts v. Boylan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover, in Chatham Superior Court. Decision on special verdict, by Judge Fleming, at May Term, 1857. This was an action of trover, brought by Hiram Roberts, against Michael Boylan, for the recovery of a negro woman, slave, named Mary.
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Trover, in Chatham Superior Court. Decision on special verdict, by Judge Fleming, at May Term, 1857. This was an action of trover, brought by Hiram Roberts, against Michael Boylan, for the recovery of a negro woman, slave, named Mary. By consent of counsel, the jury found the following special verdict: Hiram Roberts vs Michael Boylan, Chatham Superior Court, January Term, 1857. We find that the negro woman, slave, named Mary, the subject matter of this suit, was by a bill of sale, duly made and executed by Joseph Story Fay, on the-day of -, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, conveyed to Mrs.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, J.
By the Court delivering the opinion.
[1.] The conveyance executed by Fay to Mrs. Short, vested, the title in her husband, Adam Short. Adam|Short being insolvent, conveyed to Hiram Roberts all his property for the benefit of all his creditors. The jury .do not, in their verdict, set forth the deed of assignment, but they findjthat a number of negroes were mentioned and named in it, and that the negro woman Mary, was not named among them. The jury further find, that Hiram Roberts took possession of all the negroes mentioned and named in the said deed, and duly advertised and publicly sold them,…
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