John Collins and other heirs of James Collins and William Collins present that they are the owners, by right of marital representation and inherited trusteeship, of a female slave named Nan, and her two children, Thomas and Isaac, valued at $1,500. They claim that the three slaves were recently casually lost and came into the possession of Joel Hurt, "by finding." The petitioners allege that Hurt, well knowing that the slaves belonged to them, still refused to deliver them. They contend that Hurt "did convert and dispose to the damage of your petitioners as aforesaid three thousand dollars." They ask that Hurt appear at the next Superior Court session to answer the charges.
Result: Nonsuit.
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Repository: Greene County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia
