Morrow v. . Alexander
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Mecklenburg county, at Spring Term, 1842, his Honor Judge Pearson presiding. This was an action of detinue for eight negroes. The possession and detention of the negroes by the defendant were admitted. The plaintiff offered in evidence a deed from one Rooker to Mrs. Mary Spears, the daughter of Rpok.er, dated the 29th of August, 1839, of which the following is a copy: “ State of South Carolina, York District.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Mecklenburg county, at Spring Term, 1842, his Honor Judge Pearson presiding. This was an action of detinue for eight negroes. The possession and detention of the negroes by the defendant were admitted. The plaintiff offered in evidence a deed from one Rooker to Mrs. Mary Spears, the daughter of Rpok.er, dated the 29th of August, 1839, of which the following is a copy: “ State of South Carolina, York District. Know all men by these presents, that I, John Rooker, of said State and district, do, for and in consideration of the tender love and affection…
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
The action is for a female slave and her seven children. The deed, under which the parties re spec-* lively claim, conveys to Mary W. Spears “ a certain negro woman by the name of Sylvia, and her increase, so long as the said Mary may live, and after her decease, for said ne-groes to belong to the issue of the said Mary’s body, if any there be; and if there should not be, at the said Mary’s death, any of her issue, then the said negroes to go to her nearest kindred by blood.”
It does not seem to have 'been adverted to on the trial, though it is pretty certain, that neither of the present…
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