16 N.C. 273
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 15, 1828
Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1828-12-15
From Wayne. The alienations of the bill were, that the Plaintiff in the year 1810, bought, of one Robert Fellow a negro wo-ssian, who continued in his possession for nanny years, during which time she had several children j that, in the year 1821, the Defendant privately procured the slave and her children, to leave the premises of the Plaintiff, and took them into his possession.
Decided 1828-12-15
¶1— I cannot perceive upon what grounds this bill can be sustained. If the Plaintiff has any title, it is a legal one, unmixed with any principle of Equity, and not beyond the reach of ordinary tribunals to afford relief. He has had a trial at law upon the merits, and has failed.
¶2— Let the decree made in the Court be-?ow he affirmed, with coste.