4 Va. 346
Decided March 15, 1833
Supreme Court of Virginia · decided 1833-03-15
<p>In every case, in which the owner of slaves wrongfully taken in execution for the debt of another, applies to a court of equity to inhibit the sale of them, the court ought to award an injunction, and if the case be made out, to give relief, though it be neither alleged in the bill, nor proved, that the slaves have any peculiar value.</p>
Decided 1833-03-15
¶1In the sequel of the proceedings in the court of chancery, the allegations of the bill and the perfect fairness of the plaintiffs’ purchase, were clearly proved ; and the chancellor, upon the hearing of the cause, perpetuated the injunction. And then Sims appealed to this court—
¶2Which affirmed the decree.