http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Fowler_v._Saunders&feed=atom&action=historyFowler v. Saunders - Revision history2024-03-28T15:53:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.5http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Fowler_v._Saunders&diff=72225&oldid=prevLktesar at 19:19, 29 March 20222022-03-29T19:19:33Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers also argued that the slaves were lent rather than gifted, but Wythe said that the burden was on the Fowlers to prove this, which they had not. The Court found that the slaves were a gift because Saunders took the slaves into his possession and exercised full dominion over them, so the default assumption is that Sale intended to give the slaves to Saunders. Having so determined, the Court required the Fowlers to deliver to Patterson the slaves conveyed by Sale, the slaves' children, and the profits generated by those slaves since Sale's death, with the exception of any rights Susanna might have inherited from Alexander.<ref>During Wythe's time, a woman's legal identity merged with her husband's upon marriage. William Blackstone and St. George Tucker, ''Blackstone's with Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of Virginia'', (Philadelphia: Wm. Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803) 2:441. The editor of the second edition of Wythe's Reports noted that this still left an important question unanswered: exactly where did Lucy's right to the slaves come from? If it came from Sale's will, then Susanna would still have the right to the slaves during Susanna's lifetime. If Lucy's right was inherited through Alexander, then the right to the slaves immediately went to Lucy. Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court,'' 328, Footnote *.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers also argued that the slaves were lent rather than gifted, but Wythe said that the burden was on the Fowlers to prove this, which they had not. The Court found that the slaves were a gift because Saunders took the slaves into his possession and exercised full dominion over them, so the default assumption is that Sale intended to give the slaves to Saunders. Having so determined, the Court required the Fowlers to deliver to Patterson the slaves conveyed by Sale, the slaves' children, and the profits generated by those slaves since Sale's death, with the exception of any rights Susanna might have inherited from Alexander.<ref>During Wythe's time, a woman's legal identity merged with her husband's upon marriage. William Blackstone and St. George Tucker, ''Blackstone's with Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of Virginia'', (Philadelphia: Wm. Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803) 2:441. The editor of the second edition of Wythe's Reports noted that this still left an important question unanswered: exactly where did Lucy's right to the slaves come from? If it came from Sale's will, then Susanna would still have the right to the slaves during Susanna's lifetime. If Lucy's right was inherited through Alexander, then the right to the slaves immediately went to Lucy. Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court,'' 328, Footnote *.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers appealed Wythe's decision to the Virginia Supreme Court, which said that the facts were not sufficiently developed for a court to be able to decide the merits of the case.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. 361 (1798).</ref> The Fowlers bill was a ''bill quia timet'' (a bill asking a court to enjoin a probable future harm<ref>"''Quia timet''", in ''Black's Law Dictionary'', 10th ed. (St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters, 2014), 1443.</ref>), but the Fowlers presented no evidence that there was any danger of Patterson actually trying to claim the slaves in Lucy's name. Supreme Court President Edumund Pendleton expressed doubt that Susanna had anything to do with the suit at all, and wondered aloud if the suit was a ploy by William Fowler to claim the slaves for himself.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. at 363.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers appealed Wythe's decision to the Virginia Supreme Court, which said that the facts were not sufficiently developed for a court to be able to decide the merits of the case.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. 361 (1798).</ref> The Fowlers bill was a ''bill quia timet'' (a bill asking a court to enjoin a probable future harm<ref>"''Quia timet''", in ''Black's Law Dictionary'', 10th ed. (St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters, 2014), 1443.</ref>), but the Fowlers presented no evidence that there was any danger of Patterson actually trying to claim the slaves in Lucy's name. Supreme Court President Edumund Pendleton expressed doubt that Susanna had anything to do with the suit at all, and wondered aloud if the suit was a ploy by William Fowler to claim the slaves for himself.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. at 363.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Fowler v. Saunders'', [[Media:WytheDecisions1852FowlerVSaunders.pdf|Wythe 322 (1798)]],<ref>George Wythe, ''[[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery (1852)|Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions]],'' 2nd ed., ed. B.B. Minor (Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1852), 322.</ref> <em>rev'd</em>, [[Media:CallsReportsFowlervSaunders1833v4.pdf|8 Va. (4 Call) 361 (1798)]],<ref>Daniel Call, ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia'' (Richmond: Robert I. Smith, 1833) 4:361. George Wythe owned the [[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia|first edition]] of this set.</ref> was a dispute over who owned slaves in which [[George Wythe|Wythe]] interpreted the intended meaning and application of Virginia statutes.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Fowler v. Saunders'', [[Media:WytheDecisions1852FowlerVSaunders.pdf|Wythe 322 (1798)]],<ref>George Wythe, ''[[Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery (1852)|Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery with Remarks upon Decrees by the Court of Appeals, Reversing Some of Those Decisions]],'' 2nd ed., ed. B.B. Minor (Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1852), 322.</ref> <em>rev'd</em>, [[Media:CallsReportsFowlervSaunders1833v4.pdf|8 Va. (4 Call) 361 (1798)]],<ref>Daniel Call, ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia'' (Richmond: Robert I. Smith, 1833) 4:361. George Wythe owned the [[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia|first edition]] of this set.</ref> was a dispute over who owned slaves in which [[George Wythe|Wythe]] interpreted the intended meaning and application of Virginia statutes.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers also argued that the slaves were lent rather than gifted, but Wythe said that the burden was on the Fowlers to prove this, which they had not. The Court found that the slaves were a gift because Saunders took the slaves into his possession and exercised full dominion over them, so the default assumption is that Sale intended to give the slaves to Saunders. Having so determined, the Court required the Fowlers to deliver to Patterson the slaves conveyed by Sale, the slaves' children, and the profits generated by those slaves since Sale's death, with the exception of any rights Susanna might have inherited from Alexander.<ref>During Wythe's time, a woman's legal identity merged with her husband's upon marriage. William Blackstone and St. George Tucker, ''Blackstone's with Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of Virginia'', (Philadelphia: Wm. Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803) 2:441. The editor of the second edition of Wythe's Reports noted that this still left an important question unanswered: exactly where did Lucy's right to the slaves come from? If it came from Sale's will, then Susanna would still have the right to the slaves during Susanna's lifetime. If Lucy's right was inherited through Alexander, then the right to the slaves immediately went to Lucy. Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court,'' 328, Footnote *.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers also argued that the slaves were lent rather than gifted, but Wythe said that the burden was on the Fowlers to prove this, which they had not. The Court found that the slaves were a gift because Saunders took the slaves into his possession and exercised full dominion over them, so the default assumption is that Sale intended to give the slaves to Saunders. Having so determined, the Court required the Fowlers to deliver to Patterson the slaves conveyed by Sale, the slaves' children, and the profits generated by those slaves since Sale's death, with the exception of any rights Susanna might have inherited from Alexander.<ref>During Wythe's time, a woman's legal identity merged with her husband's upon marriage. William Blackstone and St. George Tucker, ''Blackstone's with Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of Virginia'', (Philadelphia: Wm. Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803) 2:441. The editor of the second edition of Wythe's Reports noted that this still left an important question unanswered: exactly where did Lucy's right to the slaves come from? If it came from Sale's will, then Susanna would still have the right to the slaves during Susanna's lifetime. If Lucy's right was inherited through Alexander, then the right to the slaves immediately went to Lucy. Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court,'' 328, Footnote *.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers appealed Wythe's decision to the Virginia Supreme Court, which said that the facts were not sufficiently developed for a court to be able to decide the merits of the case.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. 361 (1798).</ref> The Fowlers bill was a ''bill quia timet'' (a bill asking a court to enjoin a probable future harm<ref>"''Quia timet''", in ''Black's Law Dictionary'', 10th ed. (St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters, 2014), 1443.</ref>), but the Fowlers presented no evidence that there was any danger of Patterson actually trying to claim the slaves in Lucy's name. Supreme Court President Edumund Pendleton expressed doubt that Susanna had anything to do with the suit at all, and wondered aloud if the suit was a ploy by William Fowler to claim the slaves for himself.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. at 363.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers appealed Wythe's decision to the Virginia Supreme Court, which said that the facts were not sufficiently developed for a court to be able to decide the merits of the case.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. 361 (1798).</ref> The Fowlers bill was a ''bill quia timet'' (a bill asking a court to enjoin a probable future harm<ref>"''Quia timet''", in ''Black's Law Dictionary'', 10th ed. (St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters, 2014), 1443.</ref>), but the Fowlers presented no evidence that there was any danger of Patterson actually trying to claim the slaves in Lucy's name. Supreme Court President Edumund Pendleton expressed doubt that Susanna had anything to do with the suit at all, and wondered aloud if the suit was a ploy by William Fowler to claim the slaves for himself.<ref>''Fowler v. Saunders'', 8 Va. at 363.</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Fwdinghttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Fowler_v._Saunders&diff=65522&oldid=prevLktesar at 19:32, 12 March 20182018-03-12T19:32:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers also argued that the slaves were lent rather than gifted, but Wythe said that the burden was on the Fowlers to prove this, which they had not. The Court found that the slaves were a gift because Saunders took the slaves into his possession and exercised full dominion over them, so the default assumption is that Sale intended to give the slaves to Saunders. Having so determined, the Court required the Fowlers to deliver to Patterson the slaves conveyed by Sale, the slaves' children, and the profits generated by those slaves since Sale's death, with the exception of any rights Susanna might have inherited from Alexander.<ref>During Wythe's time, a woman's legal identity merged with her husband's upon marriage. William Blackstone and St. George Tucker, ''Blackstone's with Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of Virginia'', (Philadelphia: Wm. Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803) 2:441. The editor of the second edition of Wythe's Reports noted that this still left an important question unanswered: exactly where did Lucy's right to the slaves come from? If it came from Sale's will, then Susanna would still have the right to the slaves during Susanna's lifetime. If Lucy's right was inherited through Alexander, then the right to the slaves immediately went to Lucy. Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court,'' 328, Footnote *.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Fowlers also argued that the slaves were lent rather than gifted, but Wythe said that the burden was on the Fowlers to prove this, which they had not. The Court found that the slaves were a gift because Saunders took the slaves into his possession and exercised full dominion over them, so the default assumption is that Sale intended to give the slaves to Saunders. Having so determined, the Court required the Fowlers to deliver to Patterson the slaves conveyed by Sale, the slaves' children, and the profits generated by those slaves since Sale's death, with the exception of any rights Susanna might have inherited from Alexander.<ref>During Wythe's time, a woman's legal identity merged with her husband's upon marriage. William Blackstone and St. George Tucker, ''Blackstone's with Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States and of Virginia'', (Philadelphia: Wm. Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803) 2:441. The editor of the second edition of Wythe's Reports noted that this still left an important question unanswered: exactly where did Lucy's right to the slaves come from? If it came from Sale's will, then Susanna would still have the right to the slaves during Susanna's lifetime. If Lucy's right was inherited through Alexander, then the right to the slaves immediately went to Lucy. Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court,'' 328, Footnote *.</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Lktesarhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Fowler_v._Saunders&diff=63420&oldid=prevGwsweeney: /* References */2018-02-25T13:19:32Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">References</span></span></p>
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