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Staton v. Pittman 11 Gratt. 99, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (May 09, 1854) 1854 Judgments had been recovered against N, and executions sued out thereon had been returned no effects. In this state of things, slaves sold at public auction on a credit were cried out to N, and he induced T to take them and give his bond for the price, upon the understanding that N would afterwards take them and pay T the price; and... Most Relevant Cases  
Steel v. Brown 19 Mo. 312, Supreme Court of Missouri (January 01, 1854) 1854 1. A bill of sale stated that B. had sold to S. a negro woman named Lucy, for a slave durin?? life, aged forty-one or two years, stout and healthy. Held, the words stout and healthy, constituted a warranty of soundness. Action on an alleged warranty of soundness in the sale of a slave The defendant denied the warranty,... Most Relevant Cases  
Strong v. Strong 7 Rich.Eq. 117, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (December 01, 1854) 1854 Testator after specific bequests of negroes to his nine children, all of whom except the eldest son were under age, and some of whom were helpless infants, and a devise of a tract of land to his eldest son, directed the rest of his lands to be divided among his other four sons, and the remainder of his personal estate (which included twenty-seven... Most Relevant Cases  
Thomas v. Palmer 1 Jones Eq. 249, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1854) 1854 Emancipation, followed by immediate removal from the State, is not forbidden by our laws. But where it is provided in a will, that certain slaves shall have their own time, and may work or not, as they see proper, having the care and protection of a nominal master, and a fund for their support and maintainance, such a state of qualified slavery is... Most Relevant Cases  
Thompson v. Bryan 1 Jones (NC) 340, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1854) 1854 There is no doubt of the plaintiff's right to retain his verdict and judgment. The only difficulty is, as to the true ground upon which that right should be placed. The case of EPPES V. MCELMORE, 3 Dev. Rep. 345 is a strong authority in favor of the Judge's charge as to the sale and delivery of the slave from Gard Thompson to the plaintiff,... Most Relevant Cases  
Thompson v. Thompson 12 Tex. 327, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1854) 1854 See this case for assignments of error which the Court said were too vague and indefinite, although they were entertained, being also unfounded. Where the plaintiff sued for the recovery of certain slaves, alleging that the defendant set up a claim to them which was fraudulent and without foundation, and the defendant answered by pleading a deed of... Most Relevant Cases  
Tracy v. Talmage 9 How. Pr. 530, Supreme Court, General Term, New York (January 01, 1854) 1854 Free banks have authority to buy, at discount, bonds, notes, or any evidences of the public debt of a state. They are not forbidden from giving their engagements on time, provided such engagements are not adapted or intended to circulate as money. They are not bodies corporate within the meaning of the Constitution, or the General Banking Law. Nor... Most Relevant Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
Tucker v. Adams 14 Ga. 548, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1854) 1854 [1.] In 1806, Wm. Nelson, by deed, gave to his daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, John Adams, for and during their existence in this world, a negro woman and her increase, to use and make use of their labor, in any manner, whatever, which they might think most conducive to their interest, except that of selling the negro, or any part of her... Most Relevant Cases  
Turner v. Turner 2 Sneed (TN) 27, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1854) 1854 Sumpter Turner instituted an action of replevin in the Sumner circuit court, for the negro slave Ansel, on the 1st day of June, 1852. The complainant, Priscilla, filed her bill 24th December, 1854, to enjoin the same, setting up a title by verbal gift and the statute of limitations. The answer denies the gift, and the cross-bill is filed to settle... Most Relevant Cases  
Uzzle v. Wood 1 Jones Eq. 226, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1854) 1854 Jonas Wood had five children, James, Dempsy, Sally, (the wife of Lassiter,) Amy, (the wife of Waters,) who are defendants, and Mary, the intestate of the plaintiff, (who was her husband.) In July, 1836, Jonas Wood executed a deed of gift, by which he gave certain slaves to James, and certain other slaves to Dempsy, and other slaves to Mary and Amy.... Most Relevant Cases  
Van Bibber v. Geer 12 Tex. 15, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1854) 1854 It may well be questioned whether the petition presented a case which would have entitled the plaintiff in error to intervene, if it had been presented in proper time, and with due notice to the plaintiff. The note had been transferred to Dixon in part payment for the negro, as money; and though, by reason of the fraudulent representation in the... Most Relevant Cases  
Vandegrift v. Page 5 Harr. 439, Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware (June 01, 1854) 1854 A writ of error heard ex parte on two returns of non est inventus. Judgment reversed in an action against a steamboat captain, for carrying a slave out of the State, because the declaration did not show whether it was the slave of a citizen of the State, or of a non-resident escaping through the State. Writ of Error to the Superior Court for New... Most Relevant Cases  
Walters v. Crutcher 15 B.Mon. 2, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 01, 1854) 1854 The testator, Peter Pollock, devised his slaves in trust for his four children during their lives, and at their death, or the death of either of them, their one-fourth part to their children, should they leave any, and their heirs forever; but should either of them die without leaving a child or children, their part to go to the children of the... Most Relevant Cases  
Wanzer v. Truly 58 U.S. 584, Supreme Court of the United States (December 01, 1854) 1854 THIS was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. Where a promissory note was given, in Mississippi, for the purchase of slaves, the title of the vendor of which afterwards proved to be defective, but in the mean time a foreign... Most Relevant Cases  
Warters v. Herring 2 Jones (NC) 46, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1854) 1854 The construction put upon the contract between the parties, by his Honor in the Court below was undoubtedly correct. The bargain having been made during the last week in December, for the plaintiff to take the slave on the first day of January ensuing, the few days allowed him within which to prepare the note with certain named sureties, (which... Most Relevant Cases  
Weimer v. Sloane 6 McLean 259, District Court, D Ohio (October 01, 1854) 1854 This was an action by Lewis F. Weimer against Rush R. Sloane to recover the value of certain slaves. Most Relevant Cases  
Welch v. Cole 14 Ark. 400, Supreme Court of Arkansas (January 01, 1854) 1854 The appellants, in right of the petitioner, Ann Welch, filed their petition to the Union probate court against the administrators and heirs at law of Joseph Rhem, deceased, for dower in the estate of said deceased. It is alleged that the estate consists of lands, slaves, and personal estate now in the administrator's hands, and also a large amount... Most Relevant Cases  
Wiley, Banks & Co. v. Lawson 7 Rich. 152, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (January 01, 1854) 1854 J. L. executed a deed of certain negroes in trust to pay his debts. The negroes were sold under senior executions against J. L., and the purchaser conveyed them to the wife of J. L., so that his marital rights attached:Held, that this was in effect the removal by J. L. or a lien of incumbrance on the negroes; and that they remained in his... Most Relevant Cases  
Wingate v. Wingate 11 Tex. 430, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1854) 1854 The plaintiff in the Court below, who is the appellee in this Court, brought suit against the appellant, to recover a negro slave named Boston. The plaintiff claimed the title by purchase from his father, Walter Wingate, with a reservation that the father was to retain the use of the slave during his life. The defendant set up the plea of the... Most Relevant Cases  
Woodland v. Wallis 6 Md. 151, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 01, 1854) 1854 A testator gave to his daughter all his property real and personal, to her and her heirs forever, except two negroes who were to serve, the one four and the other seven years after his death: also the children, Elizabeth, George and Jervis, should each of them be free when they arrive at the age of thirty years, if my daughter should die... Most Relevant Cases  
Wright v. Arnold 14 B.Mon. 638, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (September 26, 1854) 1854 George Herring died, leaving an estate consisting almost exclusively of slaves. Arnold was appointed his administrator and also the guardian of his children. These suits were brought against Arnold by three of the children for their distributable part of the estate in his hands, as their guardian. To the suit brought in the name of Elizabeth... Most Relevant Cases  
Wright v. Herron 6 Rich.Eq. 339, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (May 01, 1854) 1854 W. H. executed a deed by which he conveyed certain negroes to a trustee for the use of myself and wife N. during our joint lives, and after my death for the use of my said wife, during her life; and after the death of my wife, for the use of my children which I have begot or may beget on the body of the said N. which may be living at her death,... Most Relevant Cases  
Yancey v. Stone 7 Rich.Eq. 16, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (December 01, 1854) 1854 Bill by donee against the administrator of donor for specific delivery of a slave. Gift sustained on proof of declarations of donor that she had given, although she retained possession until her death. Most Relevant Cases  
Adams v. Bass 18 Ga. 130, Supreme Court of Georgia (May 01, 1855) 1855 [1.] B by his will, directed that a sufficiency of good, arable land should be purchased, either in the State of Indiana or Illinois, for all of his negroes to locate upon and cultivate, with a sufficiency of land for timber and firewood includedto be done within a reasonable time after his death, by his executors or any one or two of them;... Most Relevant Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
Adams v. Rees 9 Rich. 116, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1855) 1855 Where a will was proved in common form, but the executor did not qualify, and treating the will as a nullity, converted a slave, which was bequeathed to the plaintiff, to his own use:-Held, that trover could not be maintained for the conversion, no assent to the legacy being shown. Most Relevant Cases  
Agee v. Williams 27 Ala. 644, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1855) 1855 [ACTION UNDER CODE FOR SPECIFIC RECOVERY OF SLAVE.] APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Monroe. Tried before the Hon. C. W. RAPIER. Most Relevant Cases  
Alabama & T.R.R. Co. v. Burke 27 Ala. 535, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1855) 1855 [ACTION UNDER CODE TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF SLAVE.] APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. NAT. COOK. Most Relevant Cases  
Allen v. State 14 Tex. 633, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1855) 1855 Under the statute (Hart. Dig., art. 454) punishing the selling of ardent spirits to a slave, the defendant cannot be convicted if it appear that he gave the liquor without consideration. Quere whether proof of the delivery of ardent spirits to a slave by a person who sells ardent spirits is not sufficient proof to warrant the jury in finding that... Most Relevant Cases  
Andrews v. Kirby 9 Rich. 37, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1855) 1855 Where an administrator sold his intestate's negroes for partition merely and at the request of the distributees, and a negro, which the intestate had in his lifetime, made a parol gift of, was sold and purchased by one of the distributees:Held, that such distributee was not a purchaser within the Act of 1833, in relation to parol gifts. Most Relevant Cases  
Arcienega v. Riddle 15 Tex. 330, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1855) 1855 The plaintiff became indebted to the defendant in the sum of $1,160.80, and, to secure the payment thereof, conveyed to him divers lots and parcels of land in and adjacent to San Antonio, and also three negro slaves; and, at the same time, the said defendant executed and delivered his bond to the plaintiff, binding himself to reconvey the said... Most Relevant Cases  
Austin v. Payne 8 Rich.Eq. 9, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (December 01, 1855) 1855 Conveyance of land and negro to trustee in trust for the sole use of feme covert for life, and after her death to the use of the heirs of her body:- Held, that upon her death the heirs of her body took as purchasers. Where the estate of the ancestor and that limited to the heirs are not of the same quality, that is, where one is equitable and the... Most Relevant Cases  
Bell v. Cummings 3 Sneed (TN) 275, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1855) 1855 The plaintiff hired his negro man, Warren, to the defendant, for the year 1852, and took his note for the price. The defendant was the keeper of a livery-stable in the city of Nashville. There was no stipulation, in the contract, as to the object for which the boy was hired, or the particular kind of service to be rendered; but it was the ordinary... Most Relevant Cases  
Berry v. Convention of Protestant Episcopal Church 7 Md. 564, Court of Appeals of Maryland (June 01, 1855) 1855 A vendor sold land, and gave a bond of conveyance, covenanting to convey free of all incumbrances, and the purchaser gave his several bonds to secure the payment of the purchase money, upon the two last of which the vendor recovered judgments. The elder of these judgments he assigned, and after this assignment the purchaser paid the... Most Relevant Cases  
Bracken v. The Gulnare 16 B.Mon. 444, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 24, 1855) 1855 This is a proceeding by attachment against the steamer Gulnare, instituted in the Louisville chancery court, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes, 143-4, to obtain satisfaction for the value of a slave named Ambrose, who escaped upon her from New Madrid, Missouri, in April, 1855. A jury was impanneled in the case, who found the following... Most Relevant Cases  
Brame v. Brame 2 Jones Eq. 280, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1855) 1855 By the deed of 1826, sundry slaves, including John and Silva, were conveyed to the defendant, in trust, to divide them among the children of the donor, after the death of his wife, with an express reservation of the use of the slaves John and Silva to the defendant, during the life of the donor and his wife. The defendant was a party to this deed,... Most Relevant Cases  
Brock v. King 2 Jones (NC) 302, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1855) 1855 A Sheriff to whom a runaway has been delivered, but not under or by virtue of the warrant of a Justice of the Peace, is not liable for the escape of such runaway from the Jail of the county under the act of Assembly, Rev. Stat. Chap. 111, Sec. 11, 12, 13. Whether if the Sheriff had received a slave as a runaway, to be kept in the common Jail of the... Most Relevant Cases  
Brock v. King 3 Jones (NC) 45, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1855) 1855 Where a jailor received a runaway slave without a warrant of commitment, and without chaining him, locked him up in a dungeon in the common jail of the county, appropriated for slaves and criminals, from which no person had ever escaped, though the jail generally was very insecure, and such runaway escaped by breaking the door and by making a hole... Most Relevant Cases  
Bull v. Read 13 Gratt. 78, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (November 23, 1855) 1855 1. A statute having provided for a system of free schools in a particular district in a county, and provided for commissioners to establish and manage the schools; some of the inhabitants of the district may file a bill in behalf of themselves and the other inhabitants against the commissioners, to test the validity of the act, and the propriety of... Most Relevant Cases  
Bullitt v. Clement 16 B.Mon. 193, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (September 27, 1855) 1855 In this action, brought by the owner of three slaves against the defendant, who is a justice of the peace, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant had, under color of his office, but, in reality, for the purpose of vexation and oppression, committed said slaves as runaways to the jail of Jefferson county, where they were confined for the space of... Most Relevant Cases  
Calvit v. Cloud 14 Tex. 53, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1855) 1855 That negroes were transferable as slaves in the State of Coahuila and Texas in 1834 is not now an open question. Prior possession is sufficient to sustain an action for the recovery of a slave against a wrongdoer. There is nothing in the objection to the deposition of the witness Cloud that she spoke of a deed of gift that was not before her, as... Most Relevant Cases  
Cameron v. Cameron 7 Cushm. 112, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (April 01, 1855) 1855 By the act of 1839 in relation to married women (Hutch. Co. 497, ยง 4), it is provided, where any woman possessed of property in slaves shall marry, her property in such slaves, and their natural increase, shall continue to her, notwithstanding her coverture; and she shall hold and possess the same as her separate property, exempt from any... Most Relevant Cases  
Camp v. Dill 27 Ala. 553, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1855) 1855 [ASSUMPSIT ON NOTE GIVEN FOR HIRE OF SLAVES.] APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Talladega. Tried before the Hon. NAT. COOK. Most Relevant Cases  
Carnes v. Apperson 2 Sneed (TN) 562, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1855) 1855 The plaintiff brought this bill to enjoin the sale of a negro slave, to which he claims to have title. The injunction granted at the filing of the bill was made perpetual at the final hearing, and defendants appealed to this court. The material facts are these: John S. Norment executed to J. C. Parmer a written instrument, as follows: Know... Most Relevant Cases  
Carney v. Walden 16 B.Mon. 388, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 19, 1855) 1855 The principal question in this case arises upon the writing executed by Coates, and Carney his surety, for the hire of a female slave, during the year 1853, which writing contains a covenant for the return of the slave at the end of the year. It appears that during the year, Coates caused the death of the slave by inhuman treatment, and having... Most Relevant Cases  
Cason v. Robson 7 Cushm. 97, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (April 01, 1855) 1855 R. filed his bill in the chancery court against C.'s testator, alleging that certain lands and slaves were conveyed by F. to said C., in trust to secure the payment of certain notes made by F. to M.; and M. being indebted to R., transferred one of the notes to him as collateral security; that C. accepted the trust, and having notice that he, R.,... Most Relevant Cases  
Cleland v. Waters 19 Ga. 35, Supreme Court of Georgia (September 01, 1855) 1855 [1.] A testator, by his will, made the following bequest, to-wit: Whereas, I own and hold in possession the undernamed slaves (naming sundry slaves). On account of the faithful services of my body servant, William, (the husband of Peggy,) I will and desire his emancipation or freedom, with the future issue or increase of all... Most Relevant Cases  
Cohoon v. Speed 2 Jones (NC) 133, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1855) 1855 Where a Justice of the Peace has not jurisdiction of the subject matter, his warrant is void and will not protect the officer who acts under it, nor the Magistrate himself. A Justice of the Peace has no power to issue a warrant to search for a runaway slave. ACTION of TRESPASS, tried before his Honor Judge PERSON, at the Spring Term, 1855, of... Most Relevant Cases  
Collier v. Lyons 18 Ga. 648, Supreme Court of Georgia (August 01, 1855) 1855 [1.] If A, without any contract of employment, puts the slave of B to a hazardous service, in which his life is lost, A is responsible for his value; and the worth of the property at the time it was destroyed, with the addition of interest thereon, to the time of trial, is not an incorrect measure of damages. Trover, in Butts Superior Court. This... Most Relevant Cases  
Com. v. Hatton 15 B.Mon. 537, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 01, 1855) 1855 The offense in this case is alleged to have been committed in December, 1852, and must be controlled by the Revised Statutes, and not by the act of 1849-50. The Revised Statutes declare, that if any person shall sell, give, or loan spirituous liquor of any description to the slave of another, unless for the time being he shall have the... Most Relevant Cases  
Commissioner in Equity v. Smith 9 Rich. 515, Court of Errors of South Carolina (November 01, 1855) 1855 To a bond given to the Commissioner in Equity for the purchase-money of a negro sold for partition under the decree of the Court, unsoundness at the time of the sale is a good defence. Such defence proceeds, not on the ground of cross-action for breach of warranty, but on the ground of failure of consideration. Most Relevant Cases  
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