Reinhart v. Miller
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover, in Montgomery Superior Court. Tried before Judge Fleming, at March Term, 1857. This was an action of trover, brought by James M. Rein-hart, against John Miller, for the recovery of three negroes, which he claimed by virtue of his intermarriage with Cassa Miller, to whom they belonged. Plaintiff proved, that the negroes belonged to Cassa Miller, his late wife, prior to. their intermarriage.
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Trover, in Montgomery Superior Court. Tried before Judge Fleming, at March Term, 1857. This was an action of trover, brought by James M. Rein-hart, against John Miller, for the recovery of three negroes, which he claimed by virtue of his intermarriage with Cassa Miller, to whom they belonged. Plaintiff proved, that the negroes belonged to Cassa Miller, his late wife, prior to. their intermarriage. Proved the marriage and her death; the value of the negroes — demand and conversion; and closed his ease. Defendant held the negroes as trustee under a marriage settlement which he alleged was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald, J.
delivering the opinion.
This bill of exceptions throws upon this Court, pressed as it is for time, and oppressed by labor, to look through the entire record, to search out the errors complained of, when according to the statute, the errors should be plainly and distinctly set forth; and I will add, according to my construction of the Act, should be as methodically set forth as they formerly were in the assignment of errors, which is now done away.
The first exceptions apparent in this record are, that there were interlineations apparent upon the face of the marriage…
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