Thompson v. Berry (26 Tex. 263, 1862)

Bell, J.

This suit was instituted in the District Court for McLennan county, by the appellee, John W. Berry, on the 2d ■day of June, A. D. 1856, to recover certain negro slaves from the possession of one Burwell J. Thompson.

Burwell J. Thompson filed his answer to the petition, claiming the slaves as his own property. He alleged in his answer that the slaves in controversy were the separate property of Milly Berry, (the mother of the plaintiff below,) in the State (then Territory)