Stewart v. Redditt
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Dorchester county court. This was an action of trover, instituted on the 22nd of October 1850, by the appellant, as administrator of Sarah Seward, against the appellee, to recover the value of a negro slave, “Minty,” and her two children. The declaration contained two counts.
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Appeal from Dorchester county court. This was an action of trover, instituted on the 22nd of October 1850, by the appellant, as administrator of Sarah Seward, against the appellee, to recover the value of a negro slave, “Minty,” and her two children. The declaration contained two counts. The first charged, that Sarah Seward, in her lifetime, was possessed of the said negroes; that after her death, they came to the possession of defendant by finding; that the plaintiff was appointed her administrator in 1850, and that defendant knowing them to have been her property, and as such belonging to…
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
We do not deem it necessary to express any opinion in regard to the effect which the case of Key vs. Davis, 1 Maryland Rep., 32, should have upon the case now' before us. Assuming that the present proceeding is not inconsistent with the principles annunciated in that case, still there are other questions presented in this record, which will enable us to settle the present controversy, independently of the principles involved in the case of Key vs. Davis.
Although the questions which -we are called upon to decide were presented in numerous and various shapes in the court below, yet, upon an…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Townshend v. TownshendCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1848
- Key's Lessee v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1851
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