Petition #21085032

• Lauderdale County, Mississippi. filing started August 30, 1850.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable Circuit Court of Newton County in the state of Mississippi

Abstract

Richard Scruggs seeks $5,000 in damages from Joseph M. Warren for slandering him with the remark that the petitioner "had stolen a certain slave named George."

Result: Partially granted; appealed.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Court Record, March Term 1852; Motion for New Trial, Joseph M. Warren, 4 March 1852
• Pages of related documents: 8

5 people are documented within petition 21085032

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Lauderdale County Archives, Meridian, Mississippi

• Records of the Circuit Court

Subjects

• Slander
• Freedom seekers
• Theft of enslaved