Dozier v. Joyce
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit court of Autauga. Detinue, tried before Judge A. Marlin. Plaintiff declared against defendant in detinue, for several slaves which defendant had taken from the possession of plaintiff and unlawfully detained. Plea — non-daiinet. Yer-dict and judgment for plaintiff.
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Error to the Circuit court of Autauga. Detinue, tried before Judge A. Marlin. Plaintiff declared against defendant in detinue, for several slaves which defendant had taken from the possession of plaintiff and unlawfully detained. Plea — non-daiinet. Yer-dict and judgment for plaintiff. On the trial of the cause, the plaintiff proved that he acquired the possession of the slaves, the subject of the controversy, on his intermarriage with.one A R in South Carolina, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two. On first January, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, defendant seized and took said…
1Opinion of the CourtOrmond, J.
— The questions of law arising out of the record, in this cause, will be considered in the following order;
1. Had the court the power to substitute copies of the writ, declaration and pleas in the cause, on an affidavit of their loss during the trial of the cause?
2. Was the court correct in rejecting the deposition of Lucretia Thompson ?
3. Did the court err in permitting the transcript of the will of John Ramsey, deceased, to be read in evidence to the'jury ?
4. Was the objection well taken, to the evidence admitted by the court, to impeach the testimony of one of the witnesses of the…
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