BENNETT ET AL. v. BUTTERWORTH., 53 U.S. 367 (1851)

JOHN H. BENNETT AND E.P. HUNT, ADMINISTRATORS OF JOHN D. AMIS, DECEASED, APPELLANTS, v. SAMUEL F. BUTTERWORTH, AND MARY EMILY, HIS WIFE. DECEMBER TERM, 1851. Where slaves are in the possession of a mortgagee, who renders an account of the profits of their labor and the expenses which he has incurred on their behalf, he […]

Read More

53 U.S. 367

53 U.S. 367 53 U.S. 367 12 How. 367 13 L.Ed. 1026 JOHN H. BENNETT AND E. P. HUNT, ADMINISTRATORS OF JOHND. AMIS, DECEASED, APPELLANTS,v.SAMUEL F. BUTTERWORTH, AND MARY EMILY, HIS WIFE. December Term, 1851 THIS was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Texas. The facts are […]

Read More