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Foster v. Smith, 1849
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This case is about slaves or slavery.
Year:
1849
Citation:
16 Ala. 192
Jurisdiction:
Alabama
People:
Law type:
Trial for right to enslaved person
Full name:
Foster Vs. Smith
Court:
Alabama Supreme Court
Cites 5 cases:
Perkins v. Mayfield (1837)
Planters' & Merchants' Bank of Mobile v. Willis (1843)
Blount v. Traylor (1843)
Borland v. Mayo (1845)
Frow & Ferguson v. Downman (1847)
Cited by 10 cases:
King v. Hill (1852)
McKeithen v. Pratt & Co. (1875)
Lehman, Durr & Co. v. Warren & Burch (1875)
Treadway v. Treadway's Executors (1876)
Starnes v. Allen, West & Co. (1877)
Shahan v. Herzberg, Simpson & Co. (1882)
Jones v. Franklin (1886)
Seisel & Co. v. Folmar & Sons (1893)
Drennen Co. Department Stores v. Elrod (1924)
Ex parte State ex rel. Attorney General (1943)