Mills v. Glover
Supreme Court of Georgia
Possessory warrant, from Jones Superior Court. Decision by Judge Hardeman at Chambers, 24th April, 1857. On the 23d April, 1857, a possessory warrant issued at the instance, and upon the affidavit, of Morgan M. Mills, administrator of John Towles deceased, against Nathaniel S. Glover, to recover the possession of a large number of slaves, some forty-five or fifty, alleged to be the property, and in- the; possession of affiant’s intestate, at the time of his death, and which…
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Possessory warrant, from Jones Superior Court. Decision by Judge Hardeman at Chambers, 24th April, 1857. On the 23d April, 1857, a possessory warrant issued at the instance, and upon the affidavit, of Morgan M. Mills, administrator of John Towles deceased, against Nathaniel S. Glover, to recover the possession of a large number of slaves, some forty-five or fifty, alleged to be the property, and in- the; possession of affiant’s intestate, at the time of his death, and which were shortly thereafter taken and carried off illegally and without lawful authority, by Glover. The following statement…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald J.
delivering the. opinion.
On the preliminary motion made in this case we pronounce *321no judgment, but will pass at once to the consideration of the questions presented in the record.
On the return of the warrant the plaintiff in error offered to prove that he had demanded of Glover the negroes, and tendered in evidence, his letters of administration to show hat the statute oflimitations did not run till the issuing of the letters of administration. The judge refused to hear both, and his decision was excepted to. The only matter before the Judge was the question of…
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