This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1860 |
| Citation: | 25 Tex. 327 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
| People: | Lucy |
| Short Summary: | Suit for breach of warranty. Enslaved woman, Lucy, sold with warranty that she was “to be sound in mind and body, excepting an injury that she received in and about the private parts in consequence of an abortion.” She later died from health issues suspected to have been consequences of the abortion. |
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| Full name: | J. L. Mc Fall And Another V. R. W. Walker |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |