Inhabitants of Stockbridge v. Inhabitants of West Stockbridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This action, the decision of which upon certain agreed facts has already been reported, (vide ante, vol. xii. p. 400,) came on again for trial upon a review granted by the Court, upon the petition of the inhabitants of Stockbridge, who were original plaintiffs, (vide ante, vol. xiii. p. 302,) before Jackson, J., at the last April term in this county.' The action was brought to recover the money expended by the plaintiffs for the support of Frank Duncan, a negro man, whose…
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This action, the decision of which upon certain agreed facts has already been reported, (vide ante, vol. xii. p. 400,) came on again for trial upon a review granted by the Court, upon the petition of the inhabitants of Stockbridge, who were original plaintiffs, (vide ante, vol. xiii. p. 302,) before Jackson, J., at the last April term in this county.' The action was brought to recover the money expended by the plaintiffs for the support of Frank Duncan, a negro man, whose settlement they allege to be in West Stockbridge. The only question made at the last trial was, whether the said Duncan…
1Per curiam
When this cause was before us after the former, trial, we decided, upon the testimony of Mr.' Williams, which was-all the evidence then in the case, that Frank Duncan, the pauper, was not a slave. When the bill of sale, under which Williams held-him, was found, we granted a new trial to the plaintiffs.
At this last trial, the defendants have objected to the admission of the bill of sale in evidence, because its execution was not proved by witnesses. But the instrument was more than forty years old, and, as an ancient deed, was properly submitted to the jury. It is an established rule of…
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