eBook details
- Title: Brent v. Chapman
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1809
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
Description
C. Lee, for the plaintiff in error, contended, that, under the circumstances of this case, five years' possession did not give a good title to Chapman. The possession was not adverse, for there was no administration upon the estate of Robert Alexander, sen. consequently no person legally competent to claim the possession. Besides, Chapman knew that the slave belonged to the estate of the testator. This debt was a legal lien on the slave.