 | Samuel Estwick - 1773 - 102 頁
...the caufe already affigned faid to have held, that Trover will lie for a Negroe boy, becaufe Negroes are Heathens ; and therefore a man may have property in them; and the Court without averment will take notice, that they are Heathens* Now upon two judicial determinations... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1812 - 748 頁
...of Gelly v Cleve, cited in Chamberlain v. Hcrvcy. 1 Lord Raym. 146. it was decided that trover would lie for a. negro boy, for they are heathens and therefore a man may have property in them. Since the decision of Somerset, the cases relating to slavery are few. In 3 Espinasse's Nisi Prius... | |
 | 1824 - 470 頁
...action." In the 5th William and Mary, in a case in the Common Pleas, between Gelly and Cleve, it was adjudged " that trover will lie for a negro boy, for they are heathens, and a man may have property in them ; and that the Court, without averment made, will take notice, that... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1841 - 672 頁
...Gdly v. Clcre, cited in Chamberlain v. Jler-cey. 1 Lord Raym. 146. it was decided* that trover would lie for a negro boy, for they are heathens and therefore a * 478 man may hare property in them. Since the decisio^pf Somerset, the cases relating to slavery are... | |
 | Member of the New York Bar - 1852 - 738 頁
...C'leve, cited in Chamberlain v. Hervey. 1 Lord Raym. 146. it was decided [ *478 ] *that trover would lie for a negro boy, for they are heathens and therefore a man may have property in them. Since the decision of Somerset, the cases relating to slavery are few. In 3 Espinasse's Nisi Prius... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1853 - 964 頁
...1 Ld. Raymond's Rep. p. 147, it was adjudged " that trover would lie for a negro boy, for they were heathens ; and therefore a man may have property in them, and that the court without averment made, would take notice that they were heathens." So also, in the singular case of Sir Thomas Grantham, reported... | |
 | Thomas Read Rootes Cobb - 1858 - 612 頁
...Common Pleas (at Hil. Term, 5 W. & M.) ; and of which we have it stated, in 1 Ld. Raym. 147, that it was "adjudged that trover will lie for a negro boy, for...averment made, will take notice that they are heathens." § 176. The next case is that of Smith v. Gould,1 where trover was brought for a negro, and other articles... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1878 - 514 頁
...relied upon a decision of the Court "of Common Pleas, "that trover will lie for a negro, because negroes are heathens, and therefore a man may have property in them, and, without averment, notice may be taken judicially that negroes are heathens." But, per Holt, CJ : "... | |
 | Frederick Charles Moncreiff - 1882 - 204 頁
...the proprietary rights of their masters on any plausible ground. Thus, it was held that trover would lie for a negro boy; " for they are heathens, and therefore a man may have a property in them; and the court, without averment made, will take notice that they are heathens."... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1894 - 546 頁
...relied upon a decision of the Court of Common Pleas, " that trover will lie for a negro, because negroes are heathens, and therefore a man may have property in them, and, without averment, notice may be taken judicially that negroes are heathens." But per Holt, CJ: " Trover... | |
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Bench to recover the value of a negro alleged to be the property of the plaintiff, and to have been unlawfully detained by the defendant. The plaintiff's counsel relied upon a decision of the Court of Common Pleas, " that trover will lie for a negro,... 
