Sheppard v. Whitfield
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in the Superior Court. Judgment. Before Judge Twiggs. Washington Superior Court. June Adjourned Term, 1872. Sheppard brought complaint against Whitfield as the executor of Robert Whitfield, deceased, for $500 00, alleged to be due for the hire of a slave.
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Practice in the Superior Court. Judgment. Before Judge Twiggs. Washington Superior Court. June Adjourned Term, 1872. Sheppard brought complaint against Whitfield as the executor of Robert Whitfield, deceased, for $500 00, alleged to be due for the hire of a slave. At the April term, 1869, of the Court, when the case was called, defendant’s counsel moved to dismiss the same on the ground that it was a suit for the recovery of the hire of a slave, of which the Court could not take jurisdiction under the provisions of the Constitution of 1868. The motion was sustained. The record and bill of…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
Whilst the question in this case is settled by the decision in the case of Tison vs. McAfee, decided at this term, yet, as there is a material difference between this case and those cases in one particular, and as that difference makes this a case on which we all agree, we prefer to put the case on a ground dependent upon that difference. In the case referred to the judgment of the Court, dismissing the suit, was, upon its face, based solely on the ground that the consideration of the debt sued was slaves; the judgment in this case is a general one. No reason is stated for…
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