This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1869 |
| Citation: | 31 Tex. 617 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
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| Short Summary: | A note was given for the hire of an enslaved person, the enslaved person escapted and the hirer lost his services. Hirer not entitled to deduction, unless the owner was in default or guilty of some concealment of the slave or other wrong. |
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| Full name: | John J. Scherer V. Ann Upton |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |