The issue follows the body (of the mother). See 18 Pick. (Mass.) 222.
The issue follows the body (of the mother). See 18 Pick. (Mass.) 222.
The offspring follows the mother; the brood of an animal belongs to the owner of the dam; the offspring of a slave belongs to the owner of the mother or follow the cendition of the mother. A maxim of the civil law, which has been adopted in the law of England in regard to animals, though never allowed in the case of human beings. 2 Bl. Comm. 390, 94; Fortes. 42.