Mississippi Supreme Court January 15, 1848 (Gilliam v. Moore)

Mr. Justice ThacheR

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a trial of the right of property. The jury were, called to pass upon the right of property in six slaves. They found as to four, but found no verdict as to the remaining" two. This, under the statute, was tantamount to a finding, that the slaves omitted were not subject to the plaintiff’s execution. In 1820, an act was passed (H.