Horsburg v. Baker
Supreme Court of the United States
ON an appeal from, the Circuit Court, for the district of Kentucky. The facts and the pleadings in the case, are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued by .Mr. Wickliffe, on the part of the appellants; no counsel, appearing for the appellees.
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ON an appeal from, the Circuit Court, for the district of Kentucky. The facts and the pleadings in the case, are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued by .Mr. Wickliffe, on the part of the appellants; no counsel, appearing for the appellees. The following points were stated in the argument, by Mr. Wickliffe.— 1. The loan made in 1784, and as further evidenced, by the deed of confirmation of 1787, was valid, as between the parties to it;-and as Baker and wife are proved, in 1813, to be in possession of the negroes, and of a copy, or the original deed of 1781 is…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivered the opinion of the Court.—
In the year 1813, James Henderson and his wife, filed their bill in the Court of the United States, for the seventh circuit, and district of Kentucky, stating, that Alexander Horsburg, the former husband of the plaintiff, did, by deed, bearing date the 25th day of April, in the year 1787, confirm to Martin Baker, and Hannah his wife, for their lives and the life of the survivor, then residing in the county of Halifax, in Virginia, a negro girl named Charlotte, previously loaned to them; (which deed was recorded,) reserving to himself and his heirs, the…
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