George C. Lucas avers that on 1 May 1840 he "casually lost" William, alias Bill, a 14-year-old "negroe boy" of "copper colour and of great value 'to wit' of the value of seven hundred dollars." Bill came into the possession of Napoleon B. Garner "by finding" in December 1840; however, "well knowing" that Bill is Lucas's property, Garner has "wholly refused" to return him to the petitioner. Fearing that Garner will remove Bill beyond the jurisdiction of the court, Lucas asks for a writ of sequestration, for the return of the slave, and for damages for his detention "and all costs of this suit."
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
