This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1860 |
| Citation: | 25 Tex. 245 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
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| Short Summary: | Plaintiff, overseer, brought suit to recover $730 he had deposited with his employer, Defendant. Defendant countered that Plaintiff had killed an enslaved person Defendant had owned, valued at $1,500 , and therefore would not return the $730 as Plaintiff owed him the value of the enslaved person Plaintiff had murdered "without cause." |
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| Full name: | John Duncan V. J. J. Magette |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |