Clapp v. Walters
Texas Supreme Court
This was an action brought by the appellee against John Eobbins and Lucy Eobbins, administrator and administratrix •of Nathaniel Eobbins, deceased, to recovera negro woman and •damages for her detention. Pending the appeal in this court the death of John and Lucy Eobbins -was suggested, and Olapp, .as administrator, was made a party.
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This was an action brought by the appellee against John Eobbins and Lucy Eobbins, administrator and administratrix •of Nathaniel Eobbins, deceased, to recovera negro woman and •damages for her detention. Pending the appeal in this court the death of John and Lucy Eobbins -was suggested, and Olapp, .as administrator, was made a party. The jury returned the following'verdict, to wit: “ We, the jury, find for the plaintiff in the sum of twelve hundred dollars or return the said negro .girl, as also ten dollars per month hire from the 10th day of December, A. D. 1835, to the 20th day of April,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lipscomb
The appellant’s counsel contends that the court below erred in refusing to give the instructions asked to the jury and set *135iortb in tbe bill of exceptions, and in support of bis position has referred the court to the Constitution of Coahuila and Texas, Preliminary Provisions, section 13, page 314. The article referred to is in the following words, i. e.: “ From and after the promulgation of the constitution in the capital of each district, no one shall be born a slave in the state, and after six months the introduction of slaves under any pretext shall not be permitted.” Whether the section…
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