Legal Opinion

Cobb v. Norwood

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1854PublishedCited by 15 opinions

. Appeal from Gonzales. The transcript of the judgment or decree, sued on in this case, and filed, as an exhibit, with the petition, purported to contain the proceedings before the Hon-Henry Dickenson, Vice Chancellor for the Northern District of the State of Mississippi, sitting at Carrollton. The Vice Chancellor’s certificate of authentication, attached to this transcript, was as follows: “ The State of Mississippi.

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. Appeal from Gonzales. The transcript of the judgment or decree, sued on in this case, and filed, as an exhibit, with the petition, purported to contain the proceedings before the Hon-Henry Dickenson, Vice Chancellor for the Northern District of the State of Mississippi, sitting at Carrollton. The Vice Chancellor’s certificate of authentication, attached to this transcript, was as follows: “ The State of Mississippi. I, Henry Dickenson, Vice “ Chancellor of the State of Mississippi, do hereby certify that “ Dan R. Russell, whose name is signed to the above certifi- “ cate, was, at the date…

1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.

It appears from the record, that Green and wife, administrators of William J. Norwood, by the decision and determination of a suit in the Court of Chancery of Mississippi, in certain proceedings by bill filed by them against George Norwood, obtained a decree against the said George for two negro slaves, or in default of the slaves being delivered up, with the amount of their hire, for the time they were *559detained from the complainants in the bill, then for the value of the said slaves together with their hire. After the commencement of the suit in Mississippi, George Norwood moved to this…

2Cited by15 opinions

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  4. Crawford's Administrator v. LehrSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878
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