Dent v. Chiles
Supreme Court of Alabama
This was an action of trover, in Marengo County Court, by Henry Chiles, the administrator of the estate of Hatch Dent, against Gilford Cade and Tabitha Dent; and was prosecuted, for the recovery of six slaves, alleged to have been converted, by the defendants, to their own use. The declaration was in the usual form, consisting of several counts; and on the trial a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff; and judgment given accordingly.
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This was an action of trover, in Marengo County Court, by Henry Chiles, the administrator of the estate of Hatch Dent, against Gilford Cade and Tabitha Dent; and was prosecuted, for the recovery of six slaves, alleged to have been converted, by the defendants, to their own use. The declaration was in the usual form, consisting of several counts; and on the trial a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff; and judgment given accordingly. On the trial below, a bill of exceptions was taken, on which the defendant prosecuted a writ of error to this Court. The bill of exceptions shewed these…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, C. J.
This was an action of trover, brought by the administrator of H. Dent, against the plaintiff in error, Tabitha Dent, and against Guilford Cade — the last named died since error was assigned — to recover the value of two negro slaves. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.
The principal errors relied on, for reversing the judgment of the Court below, are supposed to have occurred, in refusing to permit the defendants to ask of a witness, who was called by the plaintiff, and who proved a demand of the property, “ what answer they, the defendants made, when the property was…
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