WILLIAM JOHNSTON and wife v. ABNER PASTEUR.
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SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
1 N.C. 582; 1803 N.C. LEXIS 7; 1 Cam. & Nor. 464
June, 1803, Decided
PRIOR HISTORY: [**1] This was an action of detinue, brought in New Bern Superior Court to recover a negro. On the trial the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of this court on this point, “whether husband can be joined in detinue for the property of the feme detained before and at the time of the marriage.” Continue reading “William Johnston and wife v. Abner Pasteur (New Bern, 1803)”