Legal Opinion

Trammell v. Thurmond

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 15, 1856PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ashley County in Chancery. Hon. JoiiN C. Murray, Circuit Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Miv Chief Justice ENGlish

delivered the opinion, of the Court.

On the 2d of October, 1850, Henry Trammell and wife, Julia Ann, late Thurmond, James B. Wooldridge and wife, Celia, late Thurmond, William Thurmond, and James Hutchinson and wife, Juda, late Thurmond, filed their bill on the Chancery side of the Ashley Circuit Court, against Thomas J. Thurmond, and Rufus K. Denson and wife, Rebecca, late Thurmond, for the recovery of certain slaves and their hire.

The bill charges, in substance, that on the 8th December, 1826, Richard Thurmond, of the county of Hempstead, in the Territory of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Yesler v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Brooks v. MarburySupreme Court of the United States · 1826
  3. Jackson, ex dem. Kellogg v. VickoryNew York Supreme Court · 1828
  4. Hibshman v. DullebanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
  5. Kerns v. SwopeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Union Land & Grazing Co. v. ArceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Mason v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
  3. Indian Land & Trust Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916

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