Wheatley v. Abbott
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Holly Springs. Hon. James F. Trotter, vice-chancellor. The. pleading and evidence are very fully set out in the opinion of the court. Cited Anderson v. Baker, 1 Kelly, 595; 2 Kelly, 297; Gordon v. Green, 10 Ga.
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Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Holly Springs. Hon. James F. Trotter, vice-chancellor. The. pleading and evidence are very fully set out in the opinion of the court. Cited Anderson v. Baker, 1 Kelly, 595; 2 Kelly, 297; Gordon v. Green, 10 Ga. R. 543; Wyche v. Green, 11 Ga. 177. Cited Grangiae v. Arden, 10 J. R. 293; Carradine v. Gollins, 7 S. & M. 428; Young v. Young, 25 Miss. 38; Caldwell v. Wilson, 2 Spears, R. 75; Killebrant v. Brewer, 6 Texas, R. 45. Cited 2 Hills, (S. C.) R. 547.
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
*344The substance of the original bill in this case is, that Rebecca Catharine Kenley, since intermarried with Joseph C. Abbott, being a minor, and niece of one Hugh B. Tomlinson, and residing in Tennessee, was brought by her uncle to the state of Georgia, under a promise that he would educate her and give her a negro girl slave; that upon her arrival at his place of residence in Georgia, in the presence of the family, he gave her the slave in controversy, who -remained with her about three years in the family of a brother of Hugh B. Tomlinson, where she resided, as well as the said Hugh, and was…
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