This case cites a case about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1858 |
| Citation: | 22 Tex. 596 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
| People: | Humphrey |
| Short Summary: | Suit by owner for recovery of value of an enslaved man, Humphrey, who was killed by Callihan while Humphrey was under Callihan's employment (having been hired out from owner). Court determined "killing of the slave Humphrey, by Callihan, was an unlawful act" as "any person who shall maliciously dismember or deprive a slave of life, shall suffer such punishment as would be inflicted…upon a free white person... except when in state of insurrection." |
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| Full name: | James H. Callihan's Ex'r And Another V. Collin Johnson |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |