Hampton Stone requests the court to prevent the sale of slaves and to ensure that they are not removed from the state of South Carolina. Stone was "appointed Committee of the person and estate" of Posey Trussell, who has been given a "commission of lunacy" by the court. Posey owned three slaves, described by the petitioner as "family negroes and of peculiar and special value." The petitioner charges that Baylis H. Mattison, "desiring and fraudulently intending to possess himself of the said slaves," allegedly purchased the slaves from Posey for $1200, an amount "wholly inadequate." Stone claims Mattison, aware of Posey's condition, has only paid him one hundred dollars in gold or silver, yet, he has retained the slaves in his "employment control and possession" since the transaction. Mattison has refused to discuss the matter with Stone and is now threatening to either sell the slaves or to remove them to another state. Therefore, Hampton Stone asks the court to order Mattison to return the slaves, to cancel any title of possession that he may have, and to issue an injunction preventing the removal of the slaves from the state.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
