Petition #20183706
- Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. September 4, 1837. - July 16, 1840.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honorable Peter Martin Judge of the third Judicial exercising chancery Jurisdiction in and for the State of Alabama and County of Tuskaloosa
Abstract
Isaac Humphries seeks to settle a dispute with William T. Terrell involving the slave Nelly and her children. Humphries states that a $132.50 debt resulted in a levy being placed upon his two slaves, "a negro woman [Nelly] and her infant son named Moses of great value." Humphries claims that he enlisted the aid of Terrell, proposing that Terrell attend the sheriff's sale and bid for his levied slaves. Humphries would then repay Terrell the amount advanced for the sale, along with the profits made from the labor of "a negro man a Tolerable Blacksmith," and regain possession of the slaves. Terrell agreed and purchased the slaves. But after the sale, a dispute over the slaves developed and when Terrell moved to Montgomery County, he took Nelly and her three children with him. Humphries charges Terrell with fraud, and asks that he be made to produce a bill of sale, honor the terms of the agreement, and relinquish possession of the slaves.
Result: Granted; appealed; affirmed.
- Number of petition pages: 7
- Related documents: Writ of Error, 4 June 1840; Copy of Receipts, Thomas Albright, 30 January 1833; Court Filing of Receipts, 7 September 1837; Summons, William Terrell, 9 September 1837; Answer, William Terrell, n.d; Bill of Sale, Constable to Terrell, 5 January 1830; Garnishment, William Terrell, 18 October 1830; Notice of Depositions, 20 August 1838; Summons, Thompson Benny, ca. August 1838; Depositions, John W. Pruit, Holland Middleton, Arthur Ayres, 10 September 1838; Deposition, Thompson Berry, 15 September 1838; Record of Cost of Depositions, 15 September 1838; Order, 31 August 1839; Order, 26 August 1839; Deposition, Nancy Evans, 2 September 1839; Commissioner's Report of Fees and Certification, James Chestney, 2 September 1839; Decree, September 1839; Certification of Case Documents, 17 January 1840; Decree, 16 July 1840
- Pages of related documents: 18
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Citation information
Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
- Alabama Supreme Court, Cases, Record Book Vol. 67, June 1840
- Page: 25-49
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