Schley v. Lyon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover, in Washington Superior Court, December Term, 1848. Tried before Judge Holt. On 13th October, 1831, John H. Bedingfield executed the following instrument: “ Georgia, Washington County : “ Whereas, a matrimonial contract was, on the 17th day of December, in the year 1829, duly and legally solemnized between John H. Bedingfield and Martha Lyon, both of the County and State aforesaid; and John H. Bedingfield is desirous of settling upon the said Martha Bedingfield, the…
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Trover, in Washington Superior Court, December Term, 1848. Tried before Judge Holt. On 13th October, 1831, John H. Bedingfield executed the following instrument: “ Georgia, Washington County : “ Whereas, a matrimonial contract was, on the 17th day of December, in the year 1829, duly and legally solemnized between John H. Bedingfield and Martha Lyon, both of the County and State aforesaid; and John H. Bedingfield is desirous of settling upon the said Martha Bedingfield, the wife of the said John H. formerly Martha Lyon, a certain portion of property, consisting of the following negroes, to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
The plaintiffs, as trustees of Martha Bedingfield, instituted an action of trover in the Court below, to recover the possession of a negro slave, named Thomas, which had been converted by the defendant.
The plaintiffs derived their title to the slave, under a deed executed by John H. Bedingfield to them, by which the negro slave, Thomas, with other property, was conveyed, in trust, for the settler during his life, and at his death, to be conveyed, by some reasonable conveyance, by the trustees, to the settler’s wife, Martha Bedingfield, and her…
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