¶1THE COURT, at May term, 1824, after argument, overruled the demurrer, and ordered the defendants to answer on or before the first day of the next term. Not having done so, and the complainant having filed the deposition of John B. Edelin, fully confirming the facts stated in the bill, it was taken for confessed, and the court decreed that the complainant should be emancipated and set free, and that the defendant Edelin should make, execute, and deUver to her a proper and full deed of emancipation, duly prepared for record; and that the defendant Morte should be perpetually enjoined from exercising, or in any manner setting up, any claim to the complainant.
1 F. Cas. 408
Alice v. Morte
U.S. District Court
Decided May 15, 1824
U.S. District Court · decided 1824-05-15
In. equity. The complainant, Alice, was a mulatto woman, who was claimed by the defendant Peter Morte, as his slave, and who was about to be carried away into the southern states, when she claimed her freedom, and complained to Mr. Hoffman, a justice of the peace, who, under a statute of Virginia, in force in the county of Alexandria, detained her, and committed her to the marshal for safe keeping, until her complaint could be heard by the court; the defendant, Morte, having…
Decided 1824-05-15