This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1844 |
| Citation: | 23 Tenn. 500 |
| Jurisdiction: | Tennessee |
| People: | |
| Short Summary: | Action for divorce because husband speaks to wife "using language to her which a gentleman will not employ to his slaves" |
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| Full name: | Payne vs. Payne |
| Court: | Tennessee Supreme Court |