This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1853 |
| Citation: | 5 Fla. 373 |
| Jurisdiction: | Supreme Court of FL |
| People: | Mary, John |
| Short Summary: | Permitting the lender to take slaves off the premises and sell the slaves as secuirty for the loan. Ruling that a transaction of the type cannot be executed after the death of the donor as the executive power remains with the donor if the porperty is not delivered. |
| Law type: | Dispute over the Execution of a Loan |
| Full name: | RICHARD McGriff, Administrator of the Estate of Richard Dawson, deceased, Appellant, vs. William G. Porter, John G. Ruan and Richard G. Porter, Appellees |
| Court: | Florida Supreme Court |