Thurmond v. Trammell
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Gonzales. The case was tried before Hon. Fielding Jones, one of the district judges. The case turned upon the facts and the instructions. The character and main facts of this case are substantially stated in the opinion of the court. The petition was filed on the 5th of February, 1857. The defendant, Julia Ami Trammell, was a daughter of the plaintiff" Thurmond. At the spring term, 1861, the trial was had from which the present appeal was taken.
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Appeal from Gonzales. The case was tried before Hon. Fielding Jones, one of the district judges. The case turned upon the facts and the instructions. The character and main facts of this case are substantially stated in the opinion of the court. The petition was filed on the 5th of February, 1857. The defendant, Julia Ami Trammell, was a daughter of the plaintiff" Thurmond. At the spring term, 1861, the trial was had from which the present appeal was taken. The charge requested by the plaintiff was as follows: “In order for the defendants to hold the slave by the statute" of limitation of two…
1Opinion of the CourtDonley, J.
—This was a suit by appellant against appellees, alleging that appellant' was the lawful owner of a certain negro woman, a slave; that said negro had been five years in the possession of defendants; that her services„ were worth $175 a year; that defendants had paid apart of the money due for hire, but refused to pay the balance, and also refused to deliver said negro to the plaintiff.
The defendants in their answer say that the negro was the property of the defendant, Julia Ann Trammell, derived by gift from her grandfather. They deny that they hired said negro woman from the plaintiff, or…
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