Court of Appeals of Virginia May 15, 1805 (Woodley v. Abby)

lead-opinion

TUCKER, Judge.

I shall consider this case precisely in the same light as if David Bradley, on the third day of September, 1792, had executed a voluntary deed, without any valuable consideration, or even a good one in law, to support it, to any third person whatsoever; and that the same had been recorded, as in the present case, -and that possession of the slaves had accompanied this