William D. Moore seeks to resolve a dispute involving ownership of three slave children: George, age seven; Jesse, age four; and Lucy, age sixteen months. Moore writes that he had acted as security for Thomas Y. Dearman in a dispute with Jonathan Dearman over right to the slaves. Now Jonathan Dearman has died, and Thomas Dearman has taken possession of the slaves. Moore asks for an injunction to prevent Thomas Dearman from removing the slaves until the matter is settled by the court so that "your orator may be absolutely and entirely cleared from any liability in relation thereto."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Sumter County Courthouse, Livingston, Alabama
