Naylor v. Hays
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Error to the Barren Circuit. Trespass. Case 126. Case stated. A master per-* mitted his slave to go at large, trade and act as a free man, de«* daring that he had nothing to da with him. Held that the master could not, as to strangers who aie not apprized of the fact that he was a slave* claim the property made and possessed by the slave, or maintain an action against a public officer for levy*» ing on the property of the slave*
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Simpson
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The plaintiff in error having in his hands as Constable;, an execution against Dick Hays, a man of color, and having sold, in satisfaction thereof, various articles of personal property, an action of trespass was brought against *479trim by the defendant in error, for the property seized by him and applied to the payment of the execution.
A master per-* mitted his slave to go at large, trade and act as a free man, de«* daring that he had nothing to da with him. Held that the master could not, as to strangers who aie not apprized of the fact that he…
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