Tatum v. Young
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error from the Circuit Court of Autauga County — Before the Hon. P. T. Harris. In this cause, which was an action of detinue for a slave, brought by Young against Tatum,'the plaintiff challenged a juror for cause.
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Error from the Circuit Court of Autauga County — Before the Hon. P. T. Harris. In this cause, which was an action of detinue for a slave, brought by Young against Tatum,'the plaintiff challenged a juror for cause. The juror being sworn, stated, that he had been employed by the defendant, Tatum, to go to Selma after the slave in question; that he was instructed to take him at Young’s, or wherever he might be found; that he, in company with another, found him at a grog shop, in whose possession he did not know, and brought him to Tatum, who paid him for the service the sum of fifty dollars. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By Mr. Chief Justice Saffold :
This is an action of detinue, which was brought by the present defendant, against Tatum, the plaintiff in error, for a negro slave named Jacob, in the Circuit Court of Autauga.
*307The questions presented for revision, arise out of a bill of exceptions taken on the trial. It appears that the counsel for Young, the plaintiff below, challenged J. H. Gorman of the jury, for cause; that he being examined on oath, deposed that he had been employed by the defendant, Tatum, to go after the slave in question, to the town of Selma, for which ■said defendant paid him fifty…
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