Aquilla Blakely sues to collect $1,000 in damages from James Tool. He claims that he was the owner, "as of his own proper goods & chattels," of a slave named Lucy, who, in November 1817, came out of his possession. According to Blakely, on the same day that he "casually" lost Lucy, she came into the possession of James Tool "by finding." Blakely contends that Tool knew that Lucy belonged to him, but with intent to deceive, "did convert [her] to his own use."
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Jones County Courthouse, Gray, Georgia
