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Stephenson v. Price 1868 4. Property debt *Negroes, Thomas B. Austin Affirmed. JFP delivered 7 bales of cotton to TBS in 1861 called
30 TX 715 Stephenson, Jesse F. Ben Shropshire for later, to pay debt JFP owed TWH, but did not pay until 1865.
Lindsay Price, T. W. House TBS sold cotton in 1864, bought Negroes, claims cotton worth
more than debt pd TWH. Jury found JFP due $631 for cotton.
Steward v. State 1879 25. Legalize Hector Steward, wife Smith Reversed and Remanded. HS automatically married under Const
7 TX App 326 cohabitation J C Robertson of 1869, legalizing slave marriages and unlawful to marry
Clark another without divorce. Failed to show was with wife in 1870.
Stokes v. Williams 1869 7. Warranty title, *2 Negroes, Nancy Ellis Dismissed. JGW foreclosed on note for slaves, GS d. and they
32 TX 212 note due? B., Guy Stokes, J. G. N M Burford were to be sold and excess given to wife, but emancipation
Morrill 24. Abolition Williams came, status of mortgaged property is different.
Swinney, Green & Co. 1866 4. Property debt *2 Negroes, Swinney, Navarro Affirmed. Nancy claimed Negroes as her separate property, debt
v. Booth Green, & Co., Nancy, Gregg of husband. Jury agreed.
28 TX 114 John Booth
Moore
Thomas v. Hill, Adm. 1848 8. Hire debt *certain slaves, I. L. Austin Affirmed. Thomas, Adm. paid debts of estate, then resigned, and
3 TX 270 Hill, Ben Thomas, Hill, as new Adm. refused to pay Thomas, claiming that Thomas
Wheeler B. R. Thomas got benefit of slave hires while Adm. Jury agreed.
Thomas v. Young 1849 8. Hire debt *Negro man, San Augustine Affirmed. 1843 TW filed for payment of note of YW to AW, to
5 TX 254 Thomas, Young, A. set off note with hire of Negro, 1846 Thomas wants hire struck
Lipscomb Whiting out, 1847, YW wants delivery of Negro.
Thomas, Adm. v. Brooks 1851 4. Property debt *Negroes, Young, San Augustine Affirmed. Thomas, Adm. of A to recover slaves of estate, sold
6 TX 370 Thomas, Adm of in 1843 for debt owed to Y. Negroes bought by Y's agent, JPH,
Lipscomb Anderson, J, P. in 1844 sold to Polk, who sold negroes 1850 to B, past statute of
Henderson, Brooks limitations, Adm. error.
Thomas, Adm. v. 1854 4. Property debt *3 Negroes, Thomas, Walker Affirmed. JCD gave bill of sale to LF for 3 negroes for $1600
Chance John C. Dodds, pd with notes from LG, should title by LF and EF to LG for 12
11 TX 634 Chance, Lucy Ferris, league on Trinity River, not be good, Negroes w/ their increase
Hemphill Edward Ferris, Lewis of hire should revert to JCD. EF also sold 1000 ac to BFW in
& Jane Goddard, B.F. 1848, not recorded. LG w/ wife sold 12 league to JCD. (Parker v.
Wright, Francis Chance & wife (1854) decided land by LF was community
Slaughter property). T, Adm. of JCD wants slaves. All titles good.
Thomas, Adm. v. Greer 1851 4. Property debt *slave, Thomas, San Augustine Affirmed. Thomas, Adm. of Anderson, suit to recover note by
6 TX 373 Young, J. P. Young for slave. JPH, as Y's agent bought slave 1843
Lipscomb Henderson, Anderson, foreclosure and sold to Greer, who Thomas later sued. For seven
Greer years, T made no claim, Greer held slave by adverse possession.
Thompson v. Berry 1862 4. Property possess *slaves , Milly, John McLennan Affirmed. MB in fear that slaves were free in Coahuila y Texas,
26 TX 263 W. Berry, N W Battle took them to LA in 1833, where seized as contraband, T bought
Bell Burrell Thompson, at sale, but half belonged to son, JWB, who sues T, and gets
J. H. Thompson judgment in LA and slaves returned.Hudson database TX Sup Ct slave case decisions
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Hudson, Linda Sybert. Black Texans in the Texas Supreme Court, 1840-1907, text, February 10, 2014; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth587423/m1/47/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .