Heirs of Bryan v. Dennis
Supreme Court of Florida
Tbis was a proceeding instituted by tlie appellants in the Circuit Court of Duval County, before the Honorable Thomas Douglas, Judge of the Eastern Circuit, to test tha right of the appellees to their freedom, under a deed purporting to be a deed of manumission executed by Jacob Bryan in his life timo, and bearing date the Both November, 1842. The nature of the proceeding, and the facts of the case, are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
SEMMES, Justice,
delivered the ojúnion of the Court.
The proceedings in this cause, somewhat informal and novel in their character, were commenced by petition in Chancery, before the Judge of the Circuit Court of Duval County, for the recovery of certain negroes, alleged to have been the property of one Jacob Bryan, in his life time, and which the appellants claim,' as his heirs at lawn
Under the prayer of the petition, process was issued by the Court below against these negroes, and three of them, Dennis, Mary and Sarah, the defendants in this proceeding, were taken into custody by the Sheriff…
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