Case Name: Martin Dickerson v. Benj. Netherland
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1802-11-03
Citations: 1 Sneed 191
Docket Number: 
Parties: Martin Dickerson v. Benj. Netherland.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 191–191

Head Matter:
NOVEMBER 3, 1802.
Martin Dickerson v. Benj. Netherland.
Upon a xorit of error to reverse a judgment of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Jesscmine county.
In an action for damages for taking and detaining a slave the declaration is materially defective which does not state when, where, and how long the slave was detained.

Opinion:
It seems to the court, that the declaration is materially defective in not stating where, when, and how long the negro was detained in the possession of Dickerson. Therefore, it is considered by the court, that the judgment aforesaid be reversed and set aside; that the cause be remanded to the court from whence it came for new proceedings to be had therein, to commence by amending the declaration, and that the plaintiff recover of the defendant his costs in this behalf expended, which is ordered to be certified to the said court.