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Hicks v. Moore 2 Kelly 240, Supreme Court of Georgia (February 01, 1847) 1847 [1.] A Sheriff for the performance of his legal duty, is only entitled to such compensation therefor, as the law prescribes. [2.] Where a Sheriff levied on slaves by virtue of an attachment, and while in his possession, worked, and hired them out for his own use and benefit, and a verdict of the jury having been returned on an issue directed by the... Most Relevant Cases  
Hogan v. Hall 20 S.C.Eq. 323, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (May 01, 1847) 1847 Where a principal gave an absolute bill of sale of certain slaves to his surety, with a verbal understanding that it was to operate as a mortgage to secure him against liability, and the surety, after paying the debt of his principal, had taken and retained possession of the slaves for more than two yearsthe Court held that the claim of the... Most Relevant Cases  
Hopkins v. Burch 3 Kelly 222, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 01, 1847) 1847 [1.] Before a constable can levy on lands and negroes, and to the validity of sales of land and negroes under magistrates' court executions, it is necessary that it appear by the entries on the execution, that there was no other personal property, or that the defendant being in possession, pointed out the land and negroes. [2.] Such entries can be... Most Relevant Cases  
Howke v. Buford 8 B.Mon. 38, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 11, 1847) 1847 BUFORD hired to Howke a slave by parol, for fifty dollars, and failed to comply with his contract in letting Howke have the slave. Howke sued out a warrant from a Justice of the Peace, for a breach of the contract, laying his damages at $50; and the only question presented for consideration is, whether under the act of 1828, (2 Stat. Law, 902,) the... Most Relevant Cases  
Hundley v. Mount 8 Smedes & M. 387, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) 1847 The registration laws of the several states do not operate extra-territorially; nor do those of one state operate upon conveyances executed in another, unless express words to that effect be inserted in the statute. P. in 1836, executed a deed of trust, which was regularly recorded, on a slave to M. to secure certain debts to creditors of P.; in... Most Relevant Cases  
Isabella v. Pecot 2 La.Ann. 387, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1847) 1847 Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Boyce, J. The petitioner alleges that she is a woman of color, and was brought into the State of Louisiana, about the first of March, 1836, by one Thomas Gates, from Mexico, where she was held as a slave by Gates; that, after she was brought into this State, she was held as a slave, and seized and sold to... Most Relevant Cases  
Isbell's Adm'r v. Norvell's Ex'r 4 Gratt. 176, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (October 01, 1847) 1847 1. Upon an action on a bond given for the hire of two slaves, one of whom was never delivered to the hirer, the obligor is entitled, under a special plea filed under the act of April 16th, 1831, Sup. Rev. Code, p. 157, to a credit to the amount of the hire of the slave not delivered. 2. Hirer of a slave pays physician for attending on the slave... Most Relevant Cases  
Jackson v. Culpepper 3 Kelly 569, Supreme Court of Georgia (November 01, 1847) 1847 [1.] Where a paper writing in the form of a deed of gift, purporting to convey certain slaves to a trustee, in trust for the daughter-in-law of the donor and her increase, with a covenant of warranty as to the title, the donor reserving to himself a life-time control and interest in the slaves, was offered in evidence, held, that the paper... Most Relevant Cases  
John v. Moreman 8 B.Mon. 100, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 20, 1847) 1847 Slaves. Emancipation. ERROR TO THE HARDIN CIRCUIT. THE last will of John Stith contains this provision?? I desire that whenever my negro woman Susan, and her two sons, John and Nathan, consent to go to the Colony of Liberia, that they be permitted to go. Should said woman not consent to go, if after the said two boys, or either of them,... Most Relevant Cases  
Jolly v. State 1 Morr.St.Cas. 329, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) 1847 On the trial of a man, under the statute for selling liquors to a slave without permission of his master, it was in proof that several persons suspecting the defendant of a violation of the statute, went in the night near to his house, and sent a negro belonging to one of them with money and a jug, and told him to get some whiskey, and the... Most Relevant Cases  
Kane v. Pilcher 7 B.Mon. 651, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (October 04, 1847) 1847 Attached effects. Banckruptcy. Chancery practice. APPEAL FROM THE LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. THE slave Jim having been levied on by a Chancery attachment, was during the continuance of that levy in the custody of the law, and under the ertire control of the Chancellor, and could not be ??d??, or sold by execution, as was decided by this Court, in... Most Relevant Cases  
King v. Hicky 2 La.Ann. 367, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1847) 1847 Appeal from the District Court of East Baton Rouge, Johnson, J. At a sale of the estate of Merriman, in 1833, Walsh purchased two slaves, giving his promissory notes for the price, with a mortgage on the slaves to secure their payment. The heirs of Merriman transferred the notes and mortgage to plaintiff's testator, Bowen, subrogating him to all... Most Relevant Cases  
Kirby v. Calhoun 8 Smedes & M. 462, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) 1847 A limitation in a deed, by a donor, of slaves to his daughter and the heirs of her body, provided that should his daughter die without heirs of her body, then the slaves with their increase should be the property of his children and grand-children, who should be alive at the time of his daughter's decease, is, by the act of the legislature of this... Most Relevant Cases  
Langford v. Fly 26 Tenn. 585, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1847) 1847 This is a bill to enjoin the sale of certain slaves that have been levied on by virtue of an execution in favor of the defendant against John Lyon, on the ground that they were conveyed to the complainant by a deed of gift before the rendition of Fly's judgment. The defendant brought his action on the case for slander against the said Lyon, and... Most Relevant Cases  
Legg v. McNeill 2 Tex. 428, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1847) 1847 Appeal from Colorado County. In a suit in chancery all persons who have a direct interest in the subject matter in controversy can be made parties, either as complainants or defendants, and each may set up his own interest in opposition to the others, and claim a decree disposing of such interest. [21 Tex. 501.] In our system of jurisprudence,... Most Relevant Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
Lewis v. James 27 Tenn. 537, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) 1847 In this case we are satisfied that the complainant is entitled to dower in one-half of the premises in the pleadings mentioned--that is, one-sixth of the whole--and affirm the decree of the chancellor thus far. But, inasmuch as the defendant is an honest purchaser of the premises and in good faith believed that he had acquired the same free from... Most Relevant Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
Lewis v. Mew 20 S.C.Eq. 180, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (February 01, 1847) 1847 Four years' possession of negroes, under a bona fide purchase, for valuable consideration, without notice, will confer a good title on the purchaser, although a considerable part of that time may have elapsed between the removal of one trustee, by the Court, and the substitution of another, who seeks to recover them, as part of the trust estate.... Most Relevant Cases  
Lewis v. Simonton 27 Tenn. 185, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) 1847 The complainant, a free man of color, files this bill to have delivered up and restored to him a note for $400, made by Amos Richardson and John G. Anthony to S. E. Rose, as the friend and trustee of complainant, due 25th December, 1845, which, the bill alleges, he was forced to surrender to the defendant without consideration, by imprisonment and... Most Relevant Cases  
Maddin's Adm'r v. Edmondson 10 Mo. 643, Supreme Court of Missouri (July 01, 1847) 1847 Edmondson, the administrator of the estate of Maria Field, deceased, presented to the County Court of Ste. Genevieve county an account against the estate of Richard Maddin, for the hire of a slave. The County Court refused to allow the account, and the case was taken to the Circuit Court by appeal. Upon the trial in the Circuit Court, the plaintiff... Most Relevant Cases  
Markley v. State 10 Mo. 291, Supreme Court of Missouri (January 01, 1847) 1847 Markley was indicted at the April term of the Pike Circuit Court, 1846, for dealing with a slave, without permission of the owner of said slave. At the September term of the court a trial was had, verdict of guilty found, and a fine of $20 assessed against the defendant, on which the court entered judgment; thereupon, the defendant moved in arrest... Most Relevant Cases  
Marr v. Hill 10 Mo. 320, Supreme Court of Missouri (January 01, 1847) 1847 This was a bill in chancery to enjoin a judgment at law obtained by Jefferson T. Marr, administrator of Henry Marr, deceased, against the complainants, Hill & Haynes. The note upon which the judgment had been rendered, was given by the complainants in consideration of a negro woman and her infant child, bought by said Hill at the administrator's... Most Relevant Cases  
Martin v. Youngblood 27 Tenn. 581, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) 1847 This is an action of replevin, brought by Martin, as trustee, against Youngblood, for a negro girl slave. On the trial Martin offered in evidence a deed of gift from John Martin, of the negro girl in controversy, to Elizabeth Magness, Mary Martin, George P. Martin, Martha Martin, Sarah Martin, John Martin, Hardy Martin, and Harriet Martin. Below... Most Relevant Cases  
Mercer v. Hall 2 Tex. 284, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1847) 1847 Appeal from Colorado County. A charge to the jury, that under the plea of a total failure of consideration the defendant cannot show a partial failure, is erroneous. Though a charge to the jury may embrace erroneous propositions, it is not sufficient cause for a reversal of the judgment, when the effect of the errors is removed by other portions of... Most Relevant Cases  
Mercer v. Kelso's Adm'r 4 Gratt. 106, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (July 01, 1847) 1847 (Absent Cabell, P. and Brooke, J.) 1. Slaves emancipated by a will may propound it for probat. 2. What nervousness of temperament, and eccentricity of disposition, manners and habits, is consistent with a sound disposing mind and memory. Hugh Kelso of the county of Bath, died in December 1843, having first made and published a paper purporting to... Most Relevant Cases  
Miller v. Herbert 46 U.S. 72, Supreme Court of the United States (January 01, 1847) 1847 THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington. The defendants in error filed their petition in the Circuit Court, by which they claimed a right to their freedom, under a deed of manumission executed to them on the 28th of February, 1842, by their owner, George Miller,... Most Relevant Cases  
Milward v. Cochran 7 B.Mon. 344, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (July 03, 1847) 1847 Attachment in Chancery. Lien. Execution lien. Lis pendens. ERROR TO THE FAYETTE CIRCUIT. Case stated. COCHRAN & Co. filed their bill seeking to subject two slaves to the payment of a note which they held upon James W. Cryer: 1st. Upon the ground that after the slaves had been given to Cryer by his father-in-law, Spencer Cooper, and had vested in... Most Relevant Cases  
Mitchell v. Mitchell 27 Tenn. 359, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) 1847 Marcus Mitchell, Sr., died in September, 1836. By his last will and testament he bequeathed several slaves to his widow during her life, with remainder to his children, being ten in number. The complainant and defendant Marcus Mitchell, Jr., were nominated executors in said will; the latter, however, only qualified as such. Elizabeth Mitchell, the... Most Relevant Cases  
Montany v. Rock 10 Mo. 506, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1847) 1847 This was an action of trover, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant in error, to recover a female slave. The plaintiff conveyed to the defendant the slave in controversy by an instrument of which the following is a copy: Received, St. Louis, August, 1843, of Philip Rock, the sum of $400, being in full for my slave Maria; the said Maria... Most Relevant Cases  
Moore v. Morse 2 Tex. 400, Supreme Court of Texas (December 01, 1847) 1847 The petition states that one Amos A. Galpin departed this life in 1841, leaving a certain instrument in writing duly executed, and, as petitioner believes, good and sufficient as a last will and testament, by which said Galpin bequeathed to petitioner three negro slaves, i. e.: Willis, Adeline and her son George, who are now in Matagorda county;... Most Relevant Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
Moreland v. McDermott 10 Mo. 605, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1847) 1847 Roger McDermott brought his action of detinue for a slave, against Moreland & Barnum, in the Circuit Court of St. Louis county. The defendants pleaded the general issue, on which the cause went to the jury, who found for the plaintiff. The defendants moved for a new trial, assigning, after the usual reasons, the two following, to wit: 8.... Most Relevant Cases  
Morris v. Nixon 26 Tenn. 579, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1847) 1847 This bill is brought to set aside a bill of sale for negroes. The complainant charges that, having become addicted to drunkenness, and considerably indebted, the defendant, who is his father-in-law, pursuaded him that he was his best friend, and could manage his property for him better than he could, and, taking advantage of his intoxicated... Most Relevant Cases  
Mullen v. Ensley 27 Tenn. 428, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) 1847 The question presented for consideration in this case is whether the bailee of a negro for hire can employ him in blasting rock, as an ordinary and usual employment, such as men of ordinary discretion and prudence would usually be willing to engage their own slaves in, and whether, if the bailee so employ the negro hired without the consent of his... Most Relevant Cases  
Myers v. Anderson 20 S.C.Eq. 344, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (May 01, 1847) 1847 Where testator, by his will, gave certain slaves to his son, so long as he may or does live, and after his death to be equally divided between his two daughters during their natural lives, and after their deaths to be the absolute property of the issue of their bodies for ever, the Court held, that after the death of the son, the daughters... Most Relevant Cases  
Nat v. Coons 10 Mo. 543, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1847) 1847 Duty, the late master of Nat, executed a will in the year 1836, in the State of Mississippi, of which he was then a resident. By this will, Nat, with other slaves, were liberated after the payment of all the debts. Afterwards, in the year of 1837, Duty, with his slaves, removed to the State of Missouri, where he resided until his death, in 1838.... Most Relevant Cases  
Naylor v. Hays 7 B.Mon. 478, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (July 31, 1847) 1847 Master and slave. Estoppal. ERROR TO THE BARREN CIRCUIT. Case stated. THE plaintiff in error having in his hands as Constable, an execution against Dick Havs. a man of color, and having sold, in satisfaction thereof, various articles of personal property, an action of trespass was brought against him by the defendant in error, for the property... Most Relevant Cases  
Newell v. Newell 9 Smedes & M. 56, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) 1847 O. died, leaving various slaves by name to her different children, with certain limitations over; M. N., one of the children and legatees, whose interest on her death without children was limited over, died childless, but disposed of slaves bequeathed to her, by will, to C. S. N.; the remainder-men sued C. S. N. in chancery for the slaves; who set... Most Relevant Cases  
Nunn v. Owens 33 S.C.L. 101, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (December 01, 1847) 1847 The words of a will, to wit, I want Ira H. Hardin to attend to my business as executor, make the said Ira H. Hardin the executor and not the trustee of the property. In an action of trover, brought by a legatee to recover from the purchaser the value of a slave (part of the legacy) sold under an execution against the executor, the residuary... Most Relevant Cases  
Page v. Carter 8 B.Mon. 192, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 13, 1847) 1847 Case stated. THE plaintiff, (a free person of color,) having been bound as an apprentice to the defendant, by the County Court of Greenup, brought this suit after the expiration of his term of service, for a breach of the stipulations contained in the indenture. The defendant filed several pleas, all of which are affirmative, and placed the burthen... Most Relevant Cases  
Parker v. Commonwealth 8 B.Mon. 30, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 10, 1847) 1847 Indictments. Slaves. Practice. ERROR TO THE BOONE CIRCUIT. THE second count in the indictment, is, in our opinion, good and sufficient. It contains substantially a charge, that the slave Clarissa did go at large and hire herself out by the permission of the plaintiff in error, who was her owner. It is unnecessary, under the act of 1802, (2 Stat.... Most Relevant Cases  
Paschal v. Davis 3 Kelly 256, Supreme Court of Georgia (August 01, 1847) 1847 Insisted that the Court below did not err in its charge to the jury. The fact that the administration on Carlton's estate took place in 1823, and the sale by Mrs. Carlton eleven years thereafter, who was a distributee, was evidence to show that she held the negro as a distributee, though she originally acquired possession of him as administratrix.... Most Relevant Cases  
Patton v. Overton 27 Tenn. 192, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) 1847 The facts material to be noticed in this case are as follows: In the early part of the year 1836 Samuel Overton died intestate, in the parish of Carroll, state of Louisiana, the place of his domicile, without lawful issue, never having been married. He left an estate of considerable value, consisting of lands, slaves, and other personal property.... Most Relevant Cases  
Perry v. Beardslee 10 Mo. 568, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1847) 1847 Beardslee and Wife brought an action on the case, against Perry and others, owners and officers of the Steamboat Harry of the West, to recover damages for the loss of a slave, hired as a fireman on said boat. The plaintiffs obtained a verdict and judgment. The evidence on the trial conduced to show. that the slave belonged to Mrs. Beardslee, then... Most Relevant Cases  
Phillips v. Hawkins 1 Fla. 262, Supreme Court of Florida (January 01, 1847) 1847 ON failure of a mortgagor to comply with the condition of the mortgage, the title in personal property becomes absolute in the mortgagee, and he may reduce it to possession; and his interest may be levied upon and sold under an execution. The condition of the mortgage being forfeited, an execution against the mortgagee of a slave, will have the... Most Relevant Cases  
Renfro v. Harrison 10 Mo. 411, Supreme Court of Missouri (January 01, 1847) 1847 This was an action by petition in debt, brought by Crockett Harrison against Reuben M. Renfro, accompanied by an attachment against two slaves, alleged to be the property of said Renfro. There was no personal service of the writ upon Reuben M. Renfro, he not having been in this State for several years; but an order of publication was made. At the... Most Relevant Cases  
Richardson v. Linney 7 B.Mon. 571, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (September 25, 1847) 1847 Case stated in the bill. ON the 24th February, 1840, Richardson was appointed the statutory guardian of Oliver Perry Linney. On the 22nd February a contract had been made between Richardson and Linney, by which the latter sold and transferred to the former, a slave, and also sundry claims and money, and in a word, all his estate, in consideration... Most Relevant Cases  
Richardson v. Parrott's Heirs 7 B.Mon. 379, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (June 25, 1847) 1847 Infant's real estate. Interest. Mortgage. ERROR TO THE WASHINGTON CIRCUIT. Case stated. IN 1839, the heirs of Parrott filed their petition in the Washington Circuit Court, and obtained a decree for the sale of a large tract of land and several slaves, which had descended to them from their ancestor. At the sale made by the Commissioners, Richardson... Most Relevant Cases  
Ring v. Baldridge 7 B.Mon. 535, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (August 03, 1847) 1847 Husband and wife. Remainder. Slaves. APPEAL FROM THE FULTON CIRCUIT. Case stated. THOMAS MASON, by his will proved in 1812, devised the rest and residue of his estate, (which included a female slave, by name, Beck,) to his wife for life, and at her death to his daughter Harriet, then unmarried, and her heirs forever. After the death of her father... Most Relevant Cases  
Rippy v. Gant 4 Ired.Eq. 443, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1847) 1847 The bill claims the interference of this Court upon two grounds: first, that, at the time of the sale of the negro Milly to the defendant, the plaintiff was a lunatic; and secondly, if not a lunatic, his mind was so weak, as to disqualify him from making a valid contract, and that the defendant obtained the conveyance from him by the exercise of an... Most Relevant Cases  
Rowan v. Runnels 46 U.S. 134, Supreme Court of the United States (January 01, 1847) 1847 In the case of Groves v. Slaughter (15 Pet., 449) this court decided that the constitution of Mississippi did not, of itself, and without any legislative enactment, prohibit the introduction of slaves as merchandise and for sale. This constitution went into operation on the 1st of May, 1833, and on the 13th of May, 1837, a law was passed to provide... Most Relevant Cases  
Smith v. Jones 8 Ark. 109, Supreme Court of Arkansas (July 01, 1847) 1847 Where the father told the son he would let him have one of three negro boys, he might take choice, and then, after selection being made, remarked that he would let him have the boy he had selected as a loan to be re-delivered when called for, the transaction is clearly a loan and not a gift, and it cannot be affected by... Most Relevant Cases  
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