This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1859 |
| Citation: | 23 Tex. 414 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
| People: | David and Ransom |
| Short Summary: | Suit by wife to prove that two enslaved people, David and Ransom, were her property and not her husbands after levy placed upon them for her husband's debts. |
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| Full name: | E. G. Compton V. Daniel Perry |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |