Dalton v. Murphy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Ibt error from the Circuit Court of Monroe county. Hon. W. 1. Davis, judge. The defendant in error, on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1865, instituted her action of replevin in the Circuit Court of Monroe county, against the plaintiff in error, for the recovery of certain slaves. The defendant pleaded not guilty; and upon this issue there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant in error. Plaintiff in error moved for a new trial, which was overruled by the court.
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Ibt error from the Circuit Court of Monroe county. Hon. W. 1. Davis, judge. The defendant in error, on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1865, instituted her action of replevin in the Circuit Court of Monroe county, against the plaintiff in error, for the recovery of certain slaves. The defendant pleaded not guilty; and upon this issue there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant in error. Plaintiff in error moved for a new trial, which was overruled by the court. Prom a bill of exceptions taken to the overruling of the motion for a new trial, it appears that on the 25th of March, 1848,…
1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.
This was an action brought by the defendant in error, in the Circuit Court of Monroe county, to recover certain slaves in the possession of the plaintiff in error.
The main facts are as follows: Macon Murphy and wife, the defendant in error, executed a deed of trust on the 6th of May, 1854, to the plaintiff, on certain slaves belonging to the wife, and held by her under the provisions of the act of 1846. The deed was executed at Bladen Springs, in the state of Alabama, in the presence of two witnesses, according to the laws of that state, but the slaves were at the time at the town of…
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