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  "name": "Hostler's Administrators vs. Scull",
  "name_abbreviation": "Hostler's Administrators v. Scull",
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    "name": "North Carolina Superior Court"
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      "Hostler's Administrators vs. Scull."
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      {
        "text": "Spuere de hoc. \u2014 <Vide 7 Term, 591.\nA possessor of a personal chattel, who has got the possession not unlawfully, cannot be deprived of it legally, but by ti e true owner ; and that was the substance of the argument of the plaintiff\u2019s counsel.",
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      "Haywood for Hostler\u2019s Administrators."
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    "head_matter": "Hostler's Administrators vs. Scull.\nA FTER argument, Taylor, Judge, delivered his opinion.- - . Hostler was in possession of the slave in question; Scull got the possession from him ; and after, this action and pleading thereto, obtained letters of administration of the estate of John Vernon, to whon\\ the negro belonged \u2014 And I am of opinion that Scull\u2019s proving the title of this negro to be in any th:r<i person, will disprove that the property was in Hostler, although, Scull himself has no property, and will overturn the plaintiff\u2019s claim ; for in this action, the plaintiff must prove property in himself: And although his prior possession is evidence of property, still it is only presumptive evidence, which is overturned by proof of property in another.\nHaywood for Hostler\u2019s Administrators."
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