M'Cleskey v. Leadbetter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Tills was an action of trover for several slaves; verdict for tlic defendant in error, who was tito plaintiff below, and motion for a new trial overruled. Tried before Judge Dougherty, in the Superior Court of the county of Hall, at March Term, 1846. For the facts of the caso, the grounds of the motion for a new trial, and the errors assigned in the decision of the court below, the reader is xeferred to the opinion delivered by the Supremo Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Nisbet, Judge.
In this action of trover for certain slaves, Amy and her children and grandchildren, the plaintiff introduced in evidence, a bill of sale from Drury Leadbetter, dated in 1790,- to one Buckner Harris, conveying certain slaves, and among them Amy, to said Harris.
He farther introduced, in evidence, an instrument in writing, bearing date in 1804, signed by Buckner Harris,' and attested by two witnesses, one of whom signed officially, as a magistrate ; which instrument appears, from the record, to have been recorded on the books of Green count}' Superior Court, but at…
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