Case Name: BETTY v. DENEALE
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1818-11
Citations: 3 F. Cas. 319
Docket Number: 
Parties: BETTY v. DENEALE.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 3
Pages: 319–319

Head Matter:
Case No. 1,375.
BETTY v. DENEALE.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 156.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1818.
Slavery — Deed op Manumission — Date.
A deed of manumission, when acknowledged and recorded, relates to the time of its execution.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
decided that the deed of manumission, in this case, when it was acknowledged and recorded according to law, related back to the time of its execution.