In 1828, Edwin G. Mann, who was "very much embarrassed in his circumstances," conveyed his slaves through various deeds of trust, including one transaction for the benefit of Miles Turberville with Edward L. Pegram appointed as trustee. From time to time, "many of the slaves were sold in the Richmd. Market by Mann or his agents ... as it became necessary to settle executions." Pressed by creditors, Mann asked Philip J. Old, the petitioner, to go his plantation, and bring him two slaves to be sold. When Old arrived at the plantation, the overseer was not there, "nor was any other white person." Old took the slaves to Mann and the pair proceeded to Richmond, where they sold the slaves, and Old turned the money over to the Dinwiddie County sheriff to pay Mann's debts. Mann and Pegram, however, now pretend that Old never turned over the proceeds from the sale, and have won a judgment in Pegram's name against Old. Old asks the court to enjoin the men "from further proceeding with their judgment at law until these matters can be fully heard in Equity."
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Repository: Circuit Court Clerk's Office, Petersburg, Virginia
