William Hughes, administrator of the estate of the late David Carr, seeks an injunction restraining Charles Hardison and Thomas N. Barham from "prosecuting their claims" to a slave named Tobe. On 25 March 1841, David Carr paid Thomas Barham $500 for a half interest in Tobe, who was a blacksmith. Barham then "purchased or agreed to purchase or hired from said Hardison his half of said negro boy Tobe." About 4 May 1844, Thomas Barham and his wife Sarah claimed Carr's interest in Tobe, alleging that Carr had deeded his interest by gift to Sarah Barham on 16 October 1842. After Carr's death, however, Hardison retrieved Tobe in Mississippi and brought him to Tennessee "by virtue of a pretended agreement" he made with Carr and Barham dated 19 March 1841. Hughes informs the court that Carr was deaf, mute, and illiterate, and that the documents are therefore fraudulent, having been made without Carr's full knowledge and consent. Hughes seeks the injunction until his claim to Tobe can be heard by the court.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
