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  Munger v. Baker 1 Thomp. & C. 122 (June 03, 1873) Trial Court Orders   That part of the charge of the circuit judge, which is as follows: That if the defendant took the pins out of the cars in the loaded train, and, in the ordinary use and management of the... 1873  
  U.s. v. Wells 11 Am. Law Reg. (N.S.) 424, District Court, D. Minnesota. (January 01, 1872) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The prisoner [C. P. Wells] was indicted at this term of the court for passing counterfeit treasury notes. A plea in abatement was interposed, alleging that an indictment had been found against him at a regular term of the district court of the state of Minnesota, held in and for the county of Fillmore, on the 16th day of May, 1871, charging him... 1872  
  Hanna v. Guy 3 Bush 91, Court of Appeals of Kentucky. (January 09, 1868) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. 1. A sale bond satisfies and merges the original judgment pro tanto, and, to that extent, the judgment cannot be enforced otherwise than by an execution on the sale bond. (McGee vs. Ellis & Browning, 4 Littell, 245; Brummel vs. Hurt, 3 J. J. Marshall, 709; Etlinger, &c., vs. Tansey, &c., 17 B. Mon., 366.) 2. If an officer levies an execution upon... 1868  
  Austin v. Sandel 19 La.Ann. 309, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (June 01, 1867) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the District Court, Parish of East Feliciana, Posey, J. 1867  
  Jett v. Commonwealth 18 Gratt. 933, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. (November 08, 1867) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The plaintiff in error was prosecuted and convicted under the statute (Code ch. 193, ยง 3, p. 797,) for the offence of uttering and attempting to employ as true a forged bank note, purporting to be a note of one of the national banks of Philadelphia. It was objected, on a motion to arrest the judgment, that the courts of the State have no... 1867  
  State v. Rankin 44 Tenn. 145, Supreme Court of Tennessee. (September 01, 1867) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The defendant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, at its August Term, 1865, for the murder of one John Thornhill. The indictment alleges the offense was committed in the County of Jefferson, on the 1st day of June, 1865. To this indictment the defendant filed a special plea in bar, in which he alleges that on the 1st day of June,... 1867  
  Hughes v. Todd 2 Duv. 188, Court of Appeals of Kentucky. (December 11,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. 1. Where the owner of a slave hired him to another for a year, and, before the expiration of the term of service, the slave escaped, and was enlisted in the Federal army, whereby the hirer lost the residue of his services, the owner was not responsible for such loss, nor was the hirer entitled to any abatement of the price agreed to be paid for the... 1865  
  Burr & Co. v. Daugherty 21 Ark. 559, Supreme Court of Arkansas. (October 01, 1860) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. In July, 1855, the keel-boat Fashion, belonging to Daugherty, was ascending the White river, from Jacksonport to Buffalo City, with a cargo of salt; and on reaching Batesville it was found that the river was too low for the boat to get up higher without putting off part of her loadaccordingly an officer of the boat, on the 7th of July, made... 1860  
  Howes v. the Red Chief 15 La.Ann. 321, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (May 01, 1860) Cases As of January 6, 2020 has some negative history but has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans, Howell, J. 1860  
  Du Pre v. Williams 5 Jones Eq. 96, Supreme Court of North Carolina. (December 01,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Where the slave of A was levied on under an execution against B, and there was no allegation of irreparable injury, nor of the pendency of a suit at Law, nor of other equitable ingredient to distinguish the case from a simple tort, for which adequate reparation could be made by the recovery of damages at Law, it was Held that a Court of Equity had... 1859  
  Dorsett v. Frith 25 Ga. 537, Supreme Court of Georgia. (June 01, 1858) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. In an action of trover, to recover for the conversion of slaves, which have been sold by defendant and cannot be delivered, the purchase money with interest thereon, is a proper criterion of damages, provided the sale has been fair. F. intermarried with S., a widow, with several minor children. By the consent and counsel of the brothers of his... 1858  
  Harrison v. U.s. United States Court of Claims. (December 15,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Judge Gilchrist's opinion. This case comes before us by virtue of a resolution of the Senate, referring to this court the memorial of the claimant with the papers on the files of the Senate relating thereto. The question is the same as that heretofore presented in the case of Letitia Humphreys, and decided by this court. The opinions heretofore... 1857  
  Hedgepeth v. Robertson 18 Tex. 858, Supreme Court of Texas. (January 01, 1857) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Where the highway is impassable, or it is necessary in order to extricate a wagon and team from a bog in the highway, it is lawful to lay down a fence by the side of the highway, and pass through the field; this may be done by a slave, in his master's service, his master being responsible for the proper exercise of the right. There can be nothing... 1857  
  Opinion of Judge Appleton. 44 Me. 521, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. (March 26, 1857) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. In pursuance of the requirements of the constitution, I have the honor to answer the inquiry proposed by the honorable senate. The constitution of this state confers the right of suffrage on every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, excepting paupers, persons under guardianship, and Indians not taxed,... 1857  
  Hermann v. New Orleans & C.r. Co. 11 La.Ann. 5, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (January 01, 1856) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Reynolds, J. 1856  
  Patch v. City of Covington 17 B.Mon. 722, Court of Appeals of Kentucky. (January 01, 1856) Cases As of January 6, 2020 has some negative history but has not been reversed or overruled. This is an action brought by the appellant against the city of Covington, to recover the value of a house which, it is alleged, was destroyed by fire in consequence of the failure, on the part of the city, to keep its public cisterns in repair, and to provide the fire company of the city with hooks, ladders, and other necessary apparatus. The... 1856  
  Mcconnell v. Hardeman 15 Ark. 151, Supreme Court of Arkansas. (July 01, 1854) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. In an action of trespass to personal property, it is necessary that the plaintiff aver that the property, for the taking or injury to which the action is brought, is of some value. The statutory enactments in this State, in relation to the liability of the master for the tortious acts of his slaves, are modifications of the general law, which does... 1854  
  Moore v. People of State of Illinois 55 U.S. 13, Supreme Court of the United States. (December 01,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 has some negative history but has not been reversed or overruled. THIS case was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. The section of the law of Illinois, under which Eels was indicted in 1842, and the facts in the case are set forth in the opinion of the court, and need not be repeated. The court before which he was... 1852  
  Byers v. Fowler 12 Ark. 218, Supreme Court of Arkansas. (July 01, 1851) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. A judgment of a circuit court of the United States, rendered, by default, upon a return of the marshall showing a defective service of the writ upon defendant, might be reversed, on error, but cannot be treated as a nullity when questioned in a collateral proceeding. The circuit courts of the United States are endowed with such general jurisdiction... 1851  
  Arnandez v. Lawes 5 La.Ann. 127, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (February 01,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the District Court of Iberville. Burk, J. 1850  
  Packwood v. Dorsey 4 La.Ann. 90, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (February 01,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J. 1849  
  Collingsworth v. Covington 2 La.Ann. 406, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (April 01, 1847) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the Court of Probates of Tensas, Montgomery, J. 1847  
  Ex Parte Boylston 33 S.C.L. 41, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina. (November 01, 1847) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Insolence of a slave towards a white person is, in this State, an offence for which he may be tried and punished. 1847  
  Succession of Guillemin 2 La.Ann. 634, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (June 01, 1847) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Canon, J. 1847  
  Givhan v. Dailey's Adm'x 4 Ala. 336, Supreme Court of Alabama. (June 01, 1842) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has been reversed or overruled. WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Lowndes. 1842  
  Hardeman v. Sims 3 Ala. 747, Supreme Court of Alabama. (January 01, 1842) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Error to the Chancery Court of Columbiana. 1842  
  Maloney v. Doane 15 La. 278, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (April 01, 1840) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. 1840  
  The L'amistad Betts Scr.Bk. 121, District Court, D. Connecticut. (January 07, 1840) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. This was a libel in rem by Lieut. Thomas R. Gedney and others against the schooner L'Amistad for salvage. 1840  
  Phillips v. Lane 4 Howard 122, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi. (December 01,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. A party cannot after verdict, except to evidence to the admission of which he made no objection during the trial; but he may in a bill of exceptions taken to the opinion of the court, overruling a motion for a new trial, embody such portions of the evidence as may be required to place the merits of the case fairly before the appellate court. Where... 1839  
  Tennent v. Dendy Dud. 83, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina. (December 01,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The right of personal protection of a slave, belongs to the master; and an action may be sustained by him against a third person for the battery of the slave, though he was hired out at the time, and the act complained of was not detrimental to the rights of the master. If the battery should cause loss of service to the hirer, he also may maintain... 1837  
  Marie Louise v. Marot 9 La. 473, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (May 01, 1836) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. 1836  
  Morris v. Abat 9 La. 552, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (June 01, 1836) Cases As of January 6, 2020 has some negative history but has not been reversed or overruled. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. 1836  
  Baker v. Rowan 2 Stew. & P. 361, Supreme Court of Alabama. (June 01, 1832) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. This case was determined in Madison Circuit court, on a final hearing, on a bill in Chancery. Rowan, the complainant below, being the administrator of his father's estate--in pursuance of law, and under the necessary order, proceeded to sell the personal estate of his intestate. Part of this property was certain slaves, who, being family negroes,... 1832  
  People v. Gibbs 9 Wend. 29, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York. (January 01, 1832) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. An action will not lie against the executors of a Sheriff for the default of his deputy in returning process, for the omission to return which an action of assumpsit is given by statute. Where the cause of action arises ex delicto, an action cannot be sustained against the representatives of the party who would have been liable if living, although... 1832  
  People v. Gibbs 9 Wend. 29 (January 01, 1832) Trial Court Orders   An action will not lie against the executors of a Sheriff for the default of his deputy in returning process, for the omission to return which an action of assumpsit is given by statute.... 1832  
  Dillon v. Wright 7 J.J.Marsh. 10, Court of Appeals of Kentucky. (November 03, 1831) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. This is an action of replevin, which was once before in this court, and was remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings. (See IV. J. J. Marshall, 354.) On the return of the case to the circuit court, the defendant in error, amended his cognisance by averring that T. B. Dillon the defendant in the execution, was, when it was levied, in the... 1831  
  Award of the Russian Emperor. 2 U.S. Op. Atty. Gen. 28 (May 17, 1826) Administrative Decisions & Guidance     1826  
  State v. Hale 2 Hawks 582, Supreme Court of North Carolina. (December 01,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. A battery committed on a slave, no justification, or circumstances attending it, being shewn, is an indictable offence. But every battery on a slave is not indictable, because the person making it may have matter of excuse, or justification, which would be no defence for committing a battery on a free person. Each case of this sort must, in a great... 1823  
  Livingston v. Heerman 9 Mart.(o.s.) 656, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (May 01, 1821) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the court of the first district. [For prior opinion, see 9 Mart. (O. S.) 195.] 1821  
  Steel v. Cazeaux 8 Mart.(o.s.) 318, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (June 01, 1820) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. Appeal from the court of the first district. The petition charged that the plaintiff's slave was beaten and wounded by the defendant's, so that he died; that the defendant's slave was tried therefor, and found guilty. Wherefore the plaintiff claimed the sum of 1200 dollars, the value of said slave. The defendant denied all the allegations in the... 1820  
  Alderson v. Bigger's Adm'r 4 Munf. 528, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. (November 30, 1815) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. 1. In detinue for slaves, if the judgment of the Superior Court, reversing that of the County Court, (which was in the plaintiff's favour,) be reversed by the Court of Appeals, and that of the County court affirmed; no action lies to recover the profits of the slaves, accruing between the date of the judgment of the county court, and that of its... 1815  
  Meunier v. Duperron 3 Mart.(o.s.) 285, Supreme Court of Louisiana. (April 01, 1814) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The plaintiff having, at the instigation of the defendant, arrested a free negro woman, and shipped her off, was prosecuted, found guilty, fined, imprisoned, and condemned to heavy damages. Having suffered the imprisonment, and paid the fine and damages, he brought the present action to compel the plaintiff to indemnify him, or pay his proportion... 1814  
  Mccall v. Peachy's Adm'r 3 Munf. 288, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. (December 10,) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The Court is of opinion, that the general merits of this cause having been decided by the two former decrees of the Court of Chancery, affirmed, in general, by this Court, it becomes unnecessary, if not improper, to enter, at this time, upon many topics minutely discussed at the bar, as it were de novo; and which course was only rendered... 1812  
  Mahoney v. Ashton 4 H. & McH. 295, General Court of Maryland. (May 01, 1799) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. PETITION for freedom, the petitioner claiming to be descended from a free woman named Ann Joice. 1. The petitioner, at the trial of the issue, by his counsel, produced and offered to read in evidence to the jury the deposition of Ann Hurdle, taken by consent on the the 28th of May 1797. But the defendant, by his counsel, objected to the following... 1799  
  White v. Chambers 2 Bay 70, Constitutional Court of Appeals of South Carolina. (January 01, 1796) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. SPECIAL action on the case, for beating the plaintiff's negro man. It came out in evidence on the trial, that the negro in question, had the care of his master's fishing canoe on Sullivan's island, when the defendant went down to the landing place where it was, and said he would take it, and go out fishing in it. The negro told him he could not... 1796  
  Ross v. Pines 3 Call 568, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. (November 01, 1790) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The only question is, whether, on such a certificate as this, the Court ought to grant a new trial. By one party it is contended, that juries ought not to become mere cyphers; and on the other, that it would be extremely inconvenient to give the Court no control over their verdict. This is true; but, if the Court may continue to grant new trials... 1790  
  Ross v. Pines Wythe 69, High Court of Chancery of Virginia. (October 01, 1789) Cases As of January 6, 2020 has some negative history but has not been reversed or overruled. That the loss to the defendent in the sale of his slaves must be attributed to the plaintiff, his letter addressed to John Davis being the only apparent origin of the report which occasioned that loss; and that the plaintiff, although he is believed not to have designed any injury, ought to make reparation; And the measure of that reparation... 1789  
  Carter v. Webb Jeff. 123, General Court of Virginia. (May 01, 1772) Cases As of January 6, 2020 case has not been reversed or overruled. The court determined that the slaves should be continued on the plantation till the 25th of December, but that this was solely for the purpose of finishing the crop, and therefore, that Mr. Carter should not pay hire for the services of the slaves at leisure times. And they decreed Mr. Carter entitled to the increased value of the stock. 1772  
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