Turner v. Johnson

Judge Ewing

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Turner declared against Johnson in three counts of special assumpsit. His declaration was demurred to,. and the demurrer sustained, and judgment rendered; against the plaintiff; and he has brought the-case to this Court.

If any of the counts be good, the demurrer should not have been sustained.

The first count charges, in substance, that the plain*436tiff was possessed of a slave, named Edmond, and it was agreed between the plaintifF and defendant, that the plaintiff should place in the possession of the defendant the said slave, and the defendant…