Eliza W. Jones joins her husband Robert in seeking an injunction against the sheriff and various creditors to stop them from selling Eliza's slave Lucy; the petitioners declare that Lucy was seized to satisfy debts owed by Robert. They further avow that Lucy is Eliza's separate property and for her "exclusive use" and that "Robert B Jones has no title or interest in said slave Lucy." The Joneses insist that Lucy "is a family negro, and of great value," and if sold, will likely be removed out of the court's jurisdiction, "which lends to the manifest wrong and injury of your Oratrix."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Noxubee County Courthouse, Macon, Mississippi
