Smith v. Williamson
General Court of Virginia
ArrijA.li from a judgment in an action of replevin for slaves, rendered in Calvert county court, for the plaintiff below.. The replevin was issued on the 17th * 1 of October 1799, and the defendant pleaded the general issue pleas. 1, The plaintiff! below, (the present appellee,) at the trial, proved that William Lyles was in 1779, the owner of the slaves mentioned in the declaration.
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ArrijA.li from a judgment in an action of replevin for slaves, rendered in Calvert county court, for the plaintiff below.. The replevin was issued on the 17th * 1 of October 1799, and the defendant pleaded the general issue pleas. 1, The plaintiff! below, (the present appellee,) at the trial, proved that William Lyles was in 1779, the owner of the slaves mentioned in the declaration. That his daughter Elizabeth intermarried with the plaintiff in that year, and that Lyles gave said slaves to his daughter, upon her marriage. That about the year 1732, tito plaintiff reconveyed the slaves to…
1Opinion of the Court
The GeNeiiai Court affirmed the judgment of the County Court, concurring with that court in the opinions expressed in all the bills of exceptions.
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