Gregory v. Baugh
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chesterfield county, where James Baugh, a man of color, brought an action against Thomas Gregory, to recover his freedom. The pleadings are in the usual form; and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Judgment was rendered accordingly.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chesterfield county, where James Baugh, a man of color, brought an action against Thomas Gregory, to recover his freedom. The pleadings are in the usual form; and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Judgment was rendered accordingly. At the trial, the plaintiff filed two bills of exceptions. 1. The first states, that upon the trial, the plaintiff' proved by two witnesses that he is the son of Biddy, who was the daughter of Sibyl; that Sibyl was a copper-co-loured woman, with long, straight, black hair, with the general appearance of an Indian, except…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Carr
delivered his opinion.
The appellee sued the appellant for freedom. The plead-' ings are in the usual form, putting the question of freedom in issue. The case comes up on two exceptions taken by the defendant to the opinion of the Court.
1. The plaintiff proved by two witnesses, that he is the son of Biddy, who was the daughter of Sibyl: that Sibyl was a copper-coloured woman, with long, straight, black hair, with the general appearance of an Indian, except that she was too dark to be of the whole blood: that she was called Indian Sibyl; but her color, and that only, shewed she had…
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