Trippe v. John
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Perry. Before the Hon. S. Chapman. This was an action of detinue, brought by the plaintiff, as •executor of Henry Trippe, deceased, against the defendant as .administrator of Mary A. Trippe, deceased, to recover the possession of four slaves.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Perry. Before the Hon. S. Chapman. This was an action of detinue, brought by the plaintiff, as •executor of Henry Trippe, deceased, against the defendant as .administrator of Mary A. Trippe, deceased, to recover the possession of four slaves. By a bill of exceptions found in the record, it appears, that after the plaintiff had adduced proof tending to show the possession of the slaves in controversy, by said Henry, during his life time, and by the plaintiff as his executor, since his death, until dispossessed of them by defendant, the defendant introduced an…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
This was an action of detinue, by the plaintiff in error, as executor of Henry Trippe, against the defendant, as administrator of Mary A. Trippe, to recover certain slaves, which the plaintiff insisted were the property of his testator.
The question of title mainly depends upon the construction of the documentary evidence offered upon the trial, and which is set out in a bill of exceptions, namely — 1. An ante-nuptial agreement, entered into between the plaintiff’s testator and the intestate of the defendant, before the solemnization of the rights of matrimony between them. 2. A subsequent…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnson v. WrenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1830
- Terrell v. GreenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1847
3Cited by3 opinions
- Fuller v. HollisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Mims' Executors v. SturtevantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
- Trippe v. TrippeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857