Evans v. Mills
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Walker. Tried before the Hon. Peter W. Gray. The defendant in error was the mother of Youngblood. The evidence showed very clearly that the latter had been managing the business of the former, and purchased the slave in controversy with her money; that some dispute arose between them, and that their relation of principal and agent had ceased for some time, the slave remaining in the possession of the mother, when the son, in the town of Huntsville, sold the slave…
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Error from Walker. Tried before the Hon. Peter W. Gray. The defendant in error was the mother of Youngblood. The evidence showed very clearly that the latter had been managing the business of the former, and purchased the slave in controversy with her money; that some dispute arose between them, and that their relation of principal and agent had ceased for some time, the slave remaining in the possession of the mother, when the son, in the town of Huntsville, sold the slave to J. T. Evans, who same day sold her to W. F. Evans, the slave being at the time in the possession of Mrs. Mills, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHemphill, C. J.
Suit by Sarah Mills, in Walker county, for the recovery of a female slave, alleging that she was lawfully possessed thereof, as her own property, in Walker county, and that the defendants, William Youngblood and William F. Evans, the former residing.in Trinity and the latter in Polk county, Texas, unlawfully and forcibly took said negro out of her possession, and carried her to Polk county, where she is detained, &c.
The defendants excepted, among other matters, to the jurisdiction of the Court, they not being residents of Walker county, and "filed a general denial; the defendant, William F.…
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