Matson v. Matson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 16 — PETITION OBDINAEY cited, Rev. Stat., chap. 47, sec. 17; 12 B. Mon., 329. cited Civil Code, secs. 49, 55, 58; 18; B. Mon., 385 lb., 301; 12 lb., 329; 14 lb., 247; 8 Code N. Y. Rep., 265; 17 lb., 514; 31 Barbour, 319; 29 Ib., 516J 4 Mich. 305; 3 California, 312.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIER JUSTICE DUVALL
delivered the opinion oe the court:
This was an ordinary action brought by Susan D. Matson vs. W. D. Matson, in the Boone circuit court, to recover the possession of two slaves which, the plaintiff alleges, 'were devised by the will of her father to her separate use, and which are in the possession of the defendant, who refuses to deliver them. She also, by appropriate affidavit claimed the immediate delivery of the slaves, as provided by section 207 of the Code.
The defendant answered, setting up two grounds of defense. First, that the plaintiff is a married woman, the wife…
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