Freeman v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the 16th Chancery Division. Before the Hon. W. W. Mason. The bill was filed by the defendant in error, to redeem certain slaves, under an instrument under seal, executed in the State of Georgia, on the 22d February, 1825. The facts, and the testimony, so far as they are necessary to illustrate the opinion of the court, are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the 16th Chancery Division. Before the Hon. W. W. Mason. The bill was filed by the defendant in error, to redeem certain slaves, under an instrument under seal, executed in the State of Georgia, on the 22d February, 1825. The facts, and the testimony, so far as they are necessary to illustrate the opinion of the court, are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the court. The chancellor, upon the final hearing, decreed that the complainant had the right to redeem the slaves, directed an account to be taken, &c. This is now assigned as error. I.Conceding for the present, that the…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
The decree of the chancellor rendered in this cause is erroneous, and without entering upon an examination of all the points raised in the argument, I will notice such prominent objections to it as will show it cannot be sustained.
*2501. The complainant below founds his right to redeem the slaves in controversy, upon an instrument in writing, made an exhibit to the bill, the execution of which by the defendant is averred, and which is in these words : “ The State of Georgia, Putnam county. Know all men by these presents, that I, Hugh Freeman, am held and firmly bound unto David Baldwin, his heirs…
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