This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1859 |
| Citation: | 23 Tex. 455 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
| People: | Silva, Lewis, James |
| Short Summary: | Suit for the recovery of an enslaved woman, Silva, and her children, Lewis and Jim, alleged to have been wrongfully taken. |
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| Full name: | John D. Andrews And Another V. John J. Beck |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |