Wallingsford v. Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of the United Slates' for the county of Washington in tire District of Columbia. On the 4th day of August 1834, the defendant in error presented to the circuit court a petition stating, that she and her two infant children were entitled to their freedom ; and that she and they were unjustly held as his slaves, by Joseph Wallingsford, the plaintiff in error. . Joseph Wallingsford appeared- to the subpoena issued, on the petition, and put in a…
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IN error to the circuit court of the United Slates' for the county of Washington in tire District of Columbia. On the 4th day of August 1834, the defendant in error presented to the circuit court a petition stating, that she and her two infant children were entitled to their freedom ; and that she and they were unjustly held as his slaves, by Joseph Wallingsford, the plaintiff in error. . Joseph Wallingsford appeared- to the subpoena issued, on the petition, and put in a plea, denying the claims of the-petitioner. The case was tried by a jury at the circuit court held in March .1835, and "a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This was a petition in the court below, by the appellees, for freedom ; complaining that they were unjustly held and claimed by the *589appellant as his slaves. The petitioner gave in evidence a deed of manumission for herself and two children, from one-Rachel Wallingsford. Her third child was born after she was manumitted.
It appears that Rachel Wallingsford resided in Washington several years previous to the date of the deed of manumission, living apart from her husband, the appellant: that she had a suit pending against him in Maryland, where he resided, for alimony, and had been allowed, by…
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- Shepard v. ShepardNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
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