Major J. Major seeks to reverse an execution levied upon his slave named Moses. He explains that two judgments were recovered against him on 26 day of May 1860 and "Executions issued upon the same." Major successfully stayed the executions and offered to give the constable "a Delivery Bond for the delivery of the property levyed upon, which was his family slave a boy named Moses." The constable, however, "distroyed the Bond already taken" and informed Major that Moses would be sold the next day "for the purpose of paying said Judgment." Major confesses that the sale of Moses "will do him an irreparable injury & damage. For the said boy, moses ... is a family slave of his, to whom he is much attached and his family and children are much attached." Noting that "it is the 'peculiar province' of your Honors court to protect this peculiar institution," Majors "avers that he had & now has, other personal property, which could be levyed upon to pay such Execution, and if said slave is sold at the present time, when money is hard & all property is bringing less than half Its value, it will be sacrifised and lost to your Orator." The petitioner therefore insists "that he is entitled to the delay untill December next & thus It is with your Honors Court to protect him in his slave property."
Result: Dismissed; appealed.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
