Dent v. Portwood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Pickens. Tried before the Hon. Geo. Goldthwaite. This was an action of detinue by the defendant against the plaintiff in error for a slave. On the trial the plaintiff proved that the slave was once .owned by Robert Oliver, deceased, and was allotted to Jefferson W. Oliver, one of the distributees, on a division of thé estate, by whom he was sold to the plaintiff.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Pickens. Tried before the Hon. Geo. Goldthwaite. This was an action of detinue by the defendant against the plaintiff in error for a slave. On the trial the plaintiff proved that the slave was once .owned by Robert Oliver, deceased, and was allotted to Jefferson W. Oliver, one of the distributees, on a division of thé estate, by whom he was sold to the plaintiff. The plaintiff then, in opposition to the defendant’s objection, the ground of which will be seen by reference to the opinion of the court, was permitted to read to the jury the deposition of the said…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
This was an action of detinue brought by the defendant in error against Dent to recover a slave named Daniel. Plea non detinet, and verdict and judgment for the plaintiff below. Upon the trial below plaintiff proved that the slave sued for had been formerly owned by one Robert Oliver, who died in Texas; that his estate was administered upon, and that upon a division of the same said slave was allotted to one Jefferson W. Oliver as an heir or distributee of said estate, and sold by him to the plaintiff. The plaintiff below, as we are informed by the bill of exceptions, in making this proof…
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