Anderson v. Poindexter
Ohio Supreme Court
In error to the district court of Clermont county. The action below was assumpsit, brought to recover the amount of two promissory notes given to the plaintiff, dated August 22, 1848, each for $100, one payable in two, and the other in three years-after date. Poindexter was the principal in the notes, and Thomas C. G-owdy, Jackson "White, and Francis Donaldson were sureties.
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In error to the district court of Clermont county. The action below was assumpsit, brought to recover the amount of two promissory notes given to the plaintiff, dated August 22, 1848, each for $100, one payable in two, and the other in three years-after date. Poindexter was the principal in the notes, and Thomas C. G-owdy, Jackson "White, and Francis Donaldson were sureties. Poindexter was not served with process, and the suit has been prosecuted against and defended by the sureties. The general issue and two special pleas were filed by the defendants. *The first special plea alleges that the…
1ConcurrenceJ. R. Swan, J.
This case involves an inquiry as to the status or condition of a slave, under the Constitution and [689 laws of Ohio, who is sent into this state to perform here menial services for his master. Upon this part of the case, I desire to state the reasons which induce me to concur in the opinion of the majority of the court.
Some states deem it good policy to subjugate one class of their people to the other, thus creating obligations on the part of the ruling class as to support and treatment, and forming a government for the subjugated class, in respect to services, very similar to that which…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Groves v. SlaughterSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
- Strader v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Butler v. HopperU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1806
- Commonwealth v. HollowaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1816
- Collins v. AmericaCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1849
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