Legal Opinion
Whitesides v. Dorris
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 21, 1838PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Chancery. From the Circuit Court for Hopkins County.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Ewing
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
Dorris and Wife filed their bill against Whitesides and Powell, to redeem several slaves alleged to have been mortgaged by Dorris to Whitesides, and by him after-wards transferred to Powell, by whom they were removed from the State into some foreign parts, and sold to persons unknown.
They charge that the slaves were bequeathed to the wife of Dorris, during her natural life only, by her deceased brother, with remainder over to her children; *102and they make them defendants, and pray restitution of the slaves, or their value and hire, unconditionally,…
2Cited by10 opinions
- Jacobs's adm'r v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874
- Louisville Cooperage Co. v. RuddCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Pryor v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1868
- Darnaby v. Darnaby's AssigneeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
- Cox v. Corrigan-Mckinney Steel Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
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