Fairly v. Fairly
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Jackson county. Hon. William M. Hancock, judge. This was an action of detinue by the administrators of Margaret Fairly to recover possession of two slaves, — Caesar and Calvin. Pleas, not guilty, and the Statute of Limitations. The defendant was a son and heir of Archibald Fairly, deceased. The plaintiffs claimed title to Calvin, as the issue of a slave Nancy, which they alleged belonged to their intestate.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Jackson county. Hon. William M. Hancock, judge. This was an action of detinue by the administrators of Margaret Fairly to recover possession of two slaves, — Caesar and Calvin. Pleas, not guilty, and the Statute of Limitations. The defendant was a son and heir of Archibald Fairly, deceased. The plaintiffs claimed title to Calvin, as the issue of a slave Nancy, which they alleged belonged to their intestate. They claim title to Caesar, alleging, that he had become the property of the intestate on the division of the mother’s estate. It was shown that the slave…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs in error, as administrators of Margaret Fairly, deceased, to recover certain slaves, alleged to be the property of the intestate, in the possession of the defendant.
The questions presented for consideration here arise upon exceptions taken to the rulings of the court upon various points of evidence raised on the trial, to the rulings of the court upon the instructions to the jury asked by both parties, and to the overruling of the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. The errors assigned upon these points will be considered in their order.
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