This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1848 |
| Citation: | 27 Tenn. 707 |
| Jurisdiction: | Tennessee |
| People: | Willie Winfield |
| Short Summary: | Free "negro" suit to recover damages for imprisonment under statute that instructed arrest of all people of color out past 10 |
| Law type: | |
| Full name: | Mayor &c. of Memphis vs. Winfield |
| Court: | Tennessee Supreme Court |