Patsey Gibson, by her next friend and grandfather Thomas French, seeks to enjoin the sale of "a negro Girl named Charity." The petitioner submits that John P. and William Rushing "recovered a Judgment against Henry Gibson, the father of your orator" and that they have "caused an Execution to be issued" and have "caused the same to be levied on" Charity, "the property of your oratrix." Asserting "that the said negro Girl Charity was the Gift of her grandfather," Gibson apprehends "that should a Sale of Said property take place, the said Girl Charity might be removed to parts by the purchaser and in that court your oratrix would be deprived altogether of the Said Girl which is esteemed and considered the more valuable as being a Gift to her from her Grandfather." The petitioner therefore prays that "your honor may decree a perpetual Injunction against the Sale of Said Girl Charity on the Execution aforesaid."
Result: Granted; appealed.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
