McDougall v. Van Brunt
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Leon county; sitting in. chancery. Complainants filed their bill, alleging that some time in March, 1845, Joseph W. Lea, dec’d, borrowed of Bichard Yan Brunt, senior, the father of defendant, two hundred and fifty dollars, for which he gave his promissory note payable to Bichard Yan Brunt, Sr., one day after date, and at the same time gave a bill of sale for a certain slave named Maria as a security for said note, and for no…
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Leon county; sitting in. chancery. Complainants filed their bill, alleging that some time in March, 1845, Joseph W. Lea, dec’d, borrowed of Bichard Yan Brunt, senior, the father of defendant, two hundred and fifty dollars, for which he gave his promissory note payable to Bichard Yan Brunt, Sr., one day after date, and at the same time gave a bill of sale for a certain slave named Maria as a security for said note, and for no other purpose; that Joseph W. Lea, the intestate, retained the possession of said slave until his death, which occurred in…
1Opinion of the CourtDupoht, J.
This is a suit in equity, instituted by the appellant, as the administrator on the estate of Joseph W. Lea, deceased, and others, for the recovery of a negro slave alleged to be the property of the said estate.
The bill alleges that the intestate, Lea, about the month of March, A. D., 1845, borrowed of Richard Tan Brunt, *574Sr., the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, for which he gave his promissory note, and at the same time executed and delivered to him a bill of sale for the negro in controversy, which was intended and designed to operate only as a mortgage to secure the payment of the said…
2Cited by1 opinion
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