This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1865 |
| Citation: | 11 Fla. 80 |
| Jurisdiction: | Supreme Court of FL |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | Slaves dies due to carelessness when the owner of the slaves is an "enemy of the Confederate States" "It would be revolting to the rules of justice which govern a court, to drag therein a party, and then say to him, although you are properly before the court, you are an alien enemy and shall not be heard, yet judgment shall be rendered against you" |
| Law type: | Recovery of the Value of Slaves for Hire |
| Full name: | Joseph Russ, Administrator of the Estate of Caroline Gorrie, deceased, Appellant, vs. Thomas Mitchell, Appellee |
| Court: | Florida Supreme Court |