Trotter v. McCall
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the circuit court of Clarke county; Hon. John Watts, judge. This was a suit instituted by Hugh McCall, to recover damages from W. F. Trotter, for the detention of a slave hired by McCall, for the year 1850, from Trotter, as agent for his sister. McCall agreed to give $75 for the hire of the slave, and before her time was out, she ran away, and went to Trotter.
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On appeal from the circuit court of Clarke county; Hon. John Watts, judge. This was a suit instituted by Hugh McCall, to recover damages from W. F. Trotter, for the detention of a slave hired by McCall, for the year 1850, from Trotter, as agent for his sister. McCall agreed to give $75 for the hire of the slave, and before her time was out, she ran away, and went to Trotter. It was in proof, that McCall had whipped the slave in a very cruel manner; and when McCall came to Trotter, to claim the slave, that Trotter offered to restore her, if the plaintiff would agree to treat her better by not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Handy
This was an action brought by the appellee against the appellant, to recover dámages for the detention of a slave hired by the appellee from the appellant, for the year 1850.
It appears by the record, that in the month of May of that year, the slave threatened to run away from the appellee, for which he whipped her, and she afterwards ran away, and went to the appellant for.protection; who refused to deliver her to the appellee, for the reason that the appellee had whipped her in a cruel and unusual manner, and threatened to whip her again when he got her into his possession. It was proved…
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