Petition #20681301

Abstract

David Boring, Isaac Boring and Robert Baldwin are the administrators of the estate of the late Joseph Boren, "otherwise Called Joseph Boring." The estate includes five slaves, valued at $1,550 collectively. The slaves were recently "casually lost," and they ended up in the possession of John Browning "by finding." The administrators allege that Browning knew that the slaves belonged to the estate. However, with intent to defraud, Browning "Converted and Disposed of the said negroes to his own proper use." The administrators sue for $2,500 in damages.

Result: Partially granted; appealed; upheld.

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Repository: Greene County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia

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