King v. Mims

Judge Marsham.

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Lucy Mims, claiming title to a female slave Edy and her infant child, brought this action of detinue, in 1835, to recover them from Benjamin A. King. A verdict and judgment having been rendered for the plaintiff, and the ' defendant’s motion for a new trial having been overruled, a reversal of the judgment is sought in this Court, by appeal.

It is now contended that the Circuit Court erred in admitting improper evidence, which was objected to, and excepted to, by the defendant; and that the verdict was against law and the evidence in the case.

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