Dunlap v. Hearn
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Chickasaw county. Hon. Joel M. Acker, judge. The defendant in error brought replevin against the plaintiffs in error, to recover possession of a negro girl named Nancy. The plea was not guilty.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Chickasaw county. Hon. Joel M. Acker, judge. The defendant in error brought replevin against the plaintiffs in error, to recover possession of a negro girl named Nancy. The plea was not guilty. It appears from the evidence reported in the record, that Mrs. Dunlap was the daughter of plaintiff, and that some years before this suit was commenced, she having married and gone to housekeeping, a negro boy named Jim, the property of the plaintiff, was placed in her possession, either by the plaintiff or his wife; that this slave remained in possession of the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The defendant in error commenced his action of replevin in the court below, to recover of the defendant below a negro girl.
The plea of not guilty was filed, and the cause submitted to a jury on the testimony, who returned a verdict for defendant in error. A motion for a new trial was made, and refused, and exceptions filed, and the cause brought to this court on writ of error. Many points as to the admissibility of testimony, were reserved; all of which, together with the charges of the court given for defendant in error, as well as the refusal of the court to grant a new trial, are assigned…
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