3 N.C. 79
Superior Court of North Carolina
Decided July 5, 1799
Superior Court of North Carolina · decided 1799-07-05
«TpHlS action was for the recovery of amale slave ; he had been left by the will of their father to the defendants, who were infants ; their elder brother brought the negro from South-Carolina and sold him to Hobdy, and then returned to South-Carolina, and lived near the defendants six or seven years after their arrival to full age, and they never questioned the sale nor inter-ruptedfhe plaintiff’s possession until soon after the death of th« elder, brother, when they got…
Decided 1799-07-05
¶1 Those circumstances are proper to be left to the jury, who may if they think proper determine 'upon them, that such acquiescence is proof of a confirmation of the bargain alter their arrival to age.
¶2 The jury found for the plaintiff, and the defendant? moved for a new trial but the court refused it.