Dunlap & Collins v. Archer

Archer, a man of color, having obtained a verdict and judgment for damages, in an action of assault and bat-tery brought by him against Dunlap and Collins, for trying his right to freedom — this writ of error is prosecuted for reversing the judgment.

The only proof on the trial being, on the one side, that, Archer is of servile complexion, and had been held and claimed as a slave; and on the other side, that, more than seven years prior to the commencement of this suit, one James McDonald, now of the State of Tennessee, having sold him to one Tidence Lane (at what place the testimony does not…