 | Charles Viner - 1793 - 782 σελίδες
...that country negroes arefaleable ; for [ 550 ] the laws of England do not extend to Virginia, which being a conquered country, their law is what the King...pleafes, and we cannot take notice of it but as fet forth ; and therefore directed, that the plaintiffamend the declaration, which ihoald be made that the defendant... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Dowling, Archer Ryland - 1824 - 884 σελίδες
...declaration, that the sule was in Virginia, and by the law* of that country, negroes are saleable; for the laws of England- do not extend to Virginia,...being a conquered country, their law is what the king pleases; and we caunot take notice of it but as set forth ;" " therefore (adds the n porter) he directed... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1878 - 738 σελίδες
...particularly mentioned." But see SC Sulk. 411 ; Mem. 2 P. Wms. 75. In Smith v. Brown, Salk. 666 (AD 1706), "the laws of England do not extend to Virginia ; being a conquered country, their law is what the king pleases." Holt, CJ See Campbell v. Hall, Cawp. 204. The rule that the particular colony to be affected... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1845 - 462 σελίδες
...Atwood avowed similar doctrines. Sir John Holt insisted, in the case of Smith against Brown, " that the laws of England do not extend to Virginia ; being a conquered country, their law is what the kins; pleases, of which we cannot take notice, if it be not set forth." | Salkeld's Rep. p. OM ; Holt's... | |
 | 1849 - 548 σελίδες
...Virginia, and the laws sanctioning slavery there had been set out, the action might lie ; because " the laws of England do not extend to Virginia. Being a conquered country their law is what the king pleases, of which we cannot take notice if it be not set forth." But this arbitrary doctrine was never... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1858 - 778 σελίδες
...declaration, that the sale was in Virginia, and, by the laws of that country, negroes are saleable ; for the laws of England do not extend to Virginia,...being a conquered country, their law is what the king pleases ; and we caunot take notice of it but as set forth ; therefore he directed the plaintiff should... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1858 - 638 σελίδες
...declaration, that the sale was in Virginia, arid by the laws of that country, negroes are saleable ; for the laws of England do not extend to Virginia;...being a conquered country, their law is what the King pleases; and we cannot take notice of it but as set forth ; therefore he directed the plaintiff should... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1859 - 786 σελίδες
...the sale was" of a slave " in Virginia, and that by the laws of that country negroes are saleable, for the laws of England do not extend to Virginia,...being a conquered country. Their law is what the king pleases, and we cannot take notice of it but as set forth; therefore he directed the plaintiff should... | |
 | William Francis Finlason - 1867 - 306 σελίδες
...have stated that the sale was in Virginia, and that by the laws of that country negroes are saleable, for the laws of England do not extend to Virginia : being a conquered country, their law is what the Crown pleases (Smith v. Brown, 2 Salkeld's Reports, 666). There is a passage in Comyn's Digest, tit.... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 σελίδες
...your declaration that the sale was in Virginia, and by. the laws of that country negroes are salable : for the laws of England do not extend to Virginia...being a conquered country, their law is what the king pleases ; and we cannot take notice of it but as set forth : wherefore he directed the plaintiff should... | |
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You should have averred in the declaration, that the sale was in Virginia, and, by the laws of that country, negroes are saleable; for the laws of England do not extend to Virginia, being a conquered country their law is what the King pleases... 
