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DOWNS v. KISSAM

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51 U.S. 102 (1850)

10 How. 102

13 L.Ed. 346

ALFRED C. DOWNS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH KISSAM.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 20, 1850.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Crittenden, Attorney-General and Mr. Lawrence, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Key, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Key, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings before us the judgment of the Circuit Court, held by the District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.

An execution having been levied on certain slaves as the property of one James J. Chewning, at the instance of the defendant in error, which slaves were claimed by the plaintiff in error, an issue was joined, under the laws...

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