Supreme Court of Alabama June 15, 1848 (Smith v. Ruddle)

DARGAN, J.

It is not denied, but that the children, after the death of the mother, became entitled to the property by the terms of the deed. But it is contended, that as George Ruddle had the possession of the slave, three years before he sold her to the plaintiff in error, and the terms on which he received said slave from the trustees not being reduced to writing and recorded, and the deed of