Guerrant v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law for the county of Buckingham, where Guerrant brought an action of detinue for a female slave, against Anderson. Issue was joined, on the plea of non detinet, a verdict was rendered for the defendant, and judgment given accordingly.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law for the county of Buckingham, where Guerrant brought an action of detinue for a female slave, against Anderson. Issue was joined, on the plea of non detinet, a verdict was rendered for the defendant, and judgment given accordingly. On the trial, a bill of exceptions was filed by the plaintiff, stating, that the plaintiff, to support his action, intro» duced an execution against Catlett and others, which was levied on a female slave of Catlett’s, sold under the said execution, and purchased by Guerrant, the plaintiff; in which sale, Catlett’s title only…
1Opinion of the Court
The President
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The questions which belong to this case, turn on the two instructions of the Judge the jury, which are set out in the bill of exceptions. The suit is in behalf of the pur*210chaser of the slave in question, at a public sale, under an execution levied on the property, and proceeded in according to law, against the. appellee, who claims the property under an unrecorded mortgage, executed by the defendant in the execution.
The counsel for the plaintiff moved the Court, upon the evidence exhibited to the jury, to instruct the jury, that if from the…
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