Dismukes v. Musgrove
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This was an action to recover from the defendant certain slaves, and the facts are substantially as follow: On the 20th April, 1811, Ephraim Dismukes, father of , the plaintiff’s, made a deed of sale, to Champness Terry, of the slaves in controversy.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT, THE JUDGE THEREOF PRESIDING. This was an action to recover from the defendant certain slaves, and the facts are substantially as follow: On the 20th April, 1811, Ephraim Dismukes, father of , the plaintiff’s, made a deed of sale, to Champness Terry, of the slaves in controversy. On the 5th November, 1811, Terry made a counter letter, by which he agreed to hold said slaves, in trust, for the plaintiffs, (then minor children of Ephraim Dismukes) until they became of age or were married. Subsequently, however, Ephraim Dismukes commenced a suit in the…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
This cause has been twice before the court, and now returns here again, after judgment in favor of the defendant. A statement of the case, the pleadings, and the incidents of the cause, previous to an examination of the merits, will be found in the seventh volume of N. S., page 58. On each-trial below, there has been a verdict and a judgment against the plaintiffs. — Vol. 7. N. S. 58 — id. vol. 8, 375.
On the first trials, a great number of bills of exceptions were taken to the opinion of the judges admitting and rejecting evidence. The record, now before us, presents some questions arising in…
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