Melissa Robertson requests that the defendants be enjoined from selling a slave named Lear. The petitioner explains that "on the 15th June 1843 one Preston W. Davis a neighbor and friend of hers conveyed to the said James Whitworth by a bill of sale or Deed of Trust ... a certain negro girl named Lear to be Kept and used by your oratrix and her children." She states that in November 1843 said slave was levied upon whereby the petitioner "obtained an injunction and prevented [the constable] from selling her," and the slave "was redelivered to your oratrix and has remained in her possession ever since without being disturbed." Robertson recounts that "a few days ago" a constable "by virtue of a pretended or real judgment, and execution, ... against her said husband" once again levied on Leah and "has advertised her for sale on the 18th day of this month." Claiming "that said negro girl is a family servant that she has in a great degree raised her from her infancy that she is much attached to her," Robertson prays that the defendants be "perpetually enjoined from selling said negro girl and that she be redelivered to your Oratrix."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
