Williams v. . Howard
Supreme Court of North Carolina
From Rowan. George Williams and Garrison Williams his son, filed their bill of complaint in the Court of Equity for Rowan county against John Howard, and therein charged, that some time in the month of September, A. D. 1806, two executions were issued against the property of George-Williams, which were levied by the Sheriif of Rowan on two negro slaves, viz. a woman named Sylvia and her child named Hannah, which .negroes were then, and had long been in the possession of…
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From Rowan. George Williams and Garrison Williams his son, filed their bill of complaint in the Court of Equity for Rowan county against John Howard, and therein charged, that some time in the month of September, A. D. 1806, two executions were issued against the property of George-Williams, which were levied by the Sheriif of Rowan on two negro slaves, viz. a woman named Sylvia and her child named Hannah, which .negroes were then, and had long been in the possession of Complainants : that although they did not claim the negroes in absolute property, yet they, claimed an interest in them.…
1Opinion
Upon a simple contract of agency much extraneous matter is introduced by the bill and the Defendant's argument as to the claim which the Complainants had to the slaves before the Defendant purchased them, as their agent. To me it appears entirely immaterial what motives induced the deed of gift to Henry Williams, what were the terms or conditions thereof, or whether there was any gift at all. And the transfer from Henry to the Complainants, or to one of them, is of the same character. As well might a man charged with horse-stealing, avert the punishment of his offence, by shewing that the…
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