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BARNES v. WILLIAMS

24 U.S. 415 (____)

11 Wheat. 415

BARNES and Others against WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS case was argued by Mr. Wickliffe and Mr. Talbot, for the plaintiffs, and by Mr. White and Mr. Isaacks, for the defendant.

Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL stated, that, upon inspecting the record, it had been discovered, that the special verdict found in the case was too imperfect to enable the Court to render a judgment upon it. The claim of the plaintiffs being founded upon a bequest of certain slaves, it was essential to a recovery at law, that the assent of the executor to the legacy should be proved. Although, in the opinion of the Court, there was sufficient evidence in the special verdict from...

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