Hull v. Deatly's adm'r
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cases 76, 77, 78 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS PROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Civil Code, sections 569, 570. 2Greenleaf, section 432. 1 Metcalfe, 656. 2 Saunders (Rep.) 63, and notes. 10 Wendell,’ 278, Huntington v. Brinkerhoff. 16 Pickering, 386, Coffin v. Cottle. 13 B. Monroe, 409, Baker v. Baker. 3 Daniel’s Chancery Reports, 206, and cases cited.
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Cases 76, 77, 78 — PETITIONS EQUITY APPEALS PROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Civil Code, sections 569, 570. 2Greenleaf, section 432. 1 Metcalfe, 656. 2 Saunders (Rep.) 63, and notes. 10 Wendell,’ 278, Huntington v. Brinkerhoff. 16 Pickering, 386, Coffin v. Cottle. 13 B. Monroe, 409, Baker v. Baker. 3 Daniel’s Chancery Reports, 206, and cases cited. Statutes of 1810 and 1812, 1 M. & B. 87, 88. 4 Bibb, 212. 2 J. J. Marshall, 188. 4 Bibb, 305. 2 A. K. Marshall, 248. 1 Metcalfe, 146-9. 1 Metcalfe, 357.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE DUVALL
delivered the opinion oe the court.
These cases arise upon the same record, are in most respects similar, and will therefore be considered together.
Conceding that the weight of evidence- in regard to the right of property in the slaves in contest and the character of holding by Barrick Prather, deceased, favors the conclusion of the chancellor below — a point by no means clear, and for the present waived — still it does not follow that the judgments complained of by the several appellants can be sustained.
*689The original bill for the recovery of the slaves was filed July 12, 1848. The…
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