Gaines v. Ann

This case is somewhat embarassed from its connection with another, that must be regarded as entirely distinct. It will be necessary, for the purpose of removing the embarassment, to explain how it is, that they are embraced in this record.

The appellant in this suit, in this Court, brought an action in the Court below, against Thomas and Colton, to recover a negro girl, slave for life, alleged to have been taken from him by the defendants. He obtained a writ of sequestration, and the girl was taken by the Sheriff into his custody under the writ of sequestration. .The defendants, without…