Clark v. Slaughter
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Rankin county. Hon. John Watts, chancellor. The appellant, Clark, filed his bill in the court below against John Slaughter and his wife Martha, to recover the possession of a certain slave, which he had purchased from one Alexander, and which, soon after the purchase, escaped, and, by fraudulent means, came into the possession of defendants and one Smith.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Rankin county. Hon. John Watts, chancellor. The appellant, Clark, filed his bill in the court below against John Slaughter and his wife Martha, to recover the possession of a certain slave, which he had purchased from one Alexander, and which, soon after the purchase, escaped, and, by fraudulent means, came into the possession of defendants and one Smith. The bill charged that Alexander had been guardian of Mrs. Slaughter before her marriage, and as such had inventoried one-half interest in said slave as her property; that he agreed with Slaughter and wife to…
1Opinion of the CourtEisheR, J.
This was a bill filed in the Chancery Court of Rankin county, by the appellant.
The original and amended bills present this state of the case: The complainant, in the year 1855, purchased the slave in controversy, from one Isaac Alexander, and took immediate possession of the slave. It further appears, that the slave soon thereafter absconded, or escaped from the complainant; and, by some means, alleged to be fraudulent, went into the possession of the defendant, _ Martha Jane Slaughter, and one Smith. It further appears that Alexander was, at one time, the guardian of the said Martha Jane,…
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