Pridgen v. Buchannon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from De Witt. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. This was a suit by B. J. Pridgen, guardian of Wiley W. Pridgen, against F. M. Buchannon, Lemuel Stubbs and Benjamin Cage, on a promissory note for §345, given by the defendants, for the hire of several slaves belonging to the said minor; and for the value of Biddy, one of the said slaves, whose death was charged by the plaintiff to have been occasioned by the wrongful act of the defendants, (who were farmers in…
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Appeal from De Witt. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. This was a suit by B. J. Pridgen, guardian of Wiley W. Pridgen, against F. M. Buchannon, Lemuel Stubbs and Benjamin Cage, on a promissory note for §345, given by the defendants, for the hire of several slaves belonging to the said minor; and for the value of Biddy, one of the said slaves, whose death was charged by the plaintiff to have been occasioned by the wrongful act of the defendants, (who were farmers in De Witt county,) in removing her from De Witt county “ in the fall of the year, to-county, on Caney creek, and there…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
The court charged the jury, “ that the hirer of a negro, at public hiring, and for the year, such as is required of the negroes of minors, is not bound to keep the negroes hired in the boundary of the county where hired, unless there is a special contract.” And again, “ as to Buchannon, I charge you, that if you believe that Buchannon, being a planter at home within De Witt county, himself or by his agent, carried the negroes to Old Caney, and employed them in picking cotton only, and whilst so employed, he used all reasonable care and caution in the manner of working and management of said…
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- Pridgen v. BuchannonTexas Supreme Court · 1864