This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1857 |
| Citation: | 18 Tex. 422 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
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| Short Summary: | Suit for full payment of promissory note regarding hire of enslaved person for a year, but in which enslaved person died 2 weeks after hiring from natural causes. |
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| Full name: | Moses Townsend V. D. H. L. Hill |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |