Thomas Dickson and John G. Underwood are administrators of John Dickson's estate. Magg, a "negro wench" valued at $500, belonged to the estate. On 1 January 1814, the administrators "casually lost" the slave, who ended up in the possession of Morgan Mara, "by finding." The petitioners allege that Mara knew that the slave belonged to the estate, but "converted and disposed of the same to his own use." They claim $1,000 damages, and ask that Mara appear at the next Superior Court session to answer them in an action of trover.
Result: Partially granted; appealed; upheld.
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Repository: Liberty County Courthouse, Hinesville, Georgia
