Wylie J. Davis asks that an earlier judgment be enforced. He reminds the court that he successfully sued John Brice in 1860 for selling him an “unsound slave.” The court ordered Brice to pay $1134.38 in damages, but the petitioner has not been able to collect this award. Davis charges that, shortly after the court's ruling, Brice conveyed his land and transferred all of his personal property to his son William in order to avoid paying the judgment. A related document reveals that John Brice’s wife Mary also conveyed all of her dower rights to her son. The petitioner charges that “for many years prior to the sale of the said unsound slave [John Brice] was in prosperous circumstances, having considerable property, whilst the said William Brice, his son, was entirely dependent on his labor and the bounty of his father for a support -- but suddenly, as if by magic, the said John Brice became poor, and the said William Brice, his son, became rich." Wylie Davis asks that John and William Brice answer his allegations in detail. He further asks that the deeds of conveyance be nullified, allowing Brice's property to be levied upon for the payment of said judgment.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
