Garth's Executors v. Barksdale
Cases that cite this one
6 later published cases cite this decision.
- Paine v. Tutwiler (Va. 1876)
- Paine v. Tutwiler (Va. 1876)
- Paine v. Tutwiler (Va. 1876)
- William H. Williams, in Error v. James Ash, in Error (Supreme Court of the United States 1842)
- Mitchell v. Wilson (U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia 1827)
- Hudsons v. Hudson's Administrator (Va. 1819)
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Opinion of the Court
March 7th, 1816, the president pronounced the opinion of this court.
“ The court is of opinion that the instruction of the supe- “ rior court is erroneous in this, that the five years possession “ of the negroes by Douglas Barksdale, if proved, vested a “ title in him which enured in favour of his creditors, notwith- “ standing he might thereafter have returned the same to the “ plaintiff from whom lie had derived them. — The judgment “ is therefore reversed, the cause remanded, for a new trial to “ he had therein, on which no such instruction is to be given, “ but one, if required, correspondent with this decision.
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