This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1857 |
| Citation: | 36 Tenn. 397 |
| Jurisdiction: | Tennessee |
| People: | Bill |
| Short Summary: | Action of trespass for hirer of a slave assaulting the slave |
| Law type: | |
| Full name: | Jane G. James vs. Sampson Carper |
| Court: | Tennessee Supreme Court |