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FEDERAL CASES.
BOOK 10.
A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF DECISIONS OF THE CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FEDERAL REPORTER, (1880.) ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY THE TITLES OF THE CASES.
N. B. Cases reported in this series are always cited herein by their numbers. The original eitations can befound when desired through the table of cases.
Case No. 5,240.
10FED.CAS.—1
GAREY v. JOHNSON.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 107.]1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1814.
BEATING SLAVE—TRESPASS VI ET ARMIS BY MASTER.
Trespass vi et armis, will lie for the master against one who beats his slave, although there should be no loss of service.
Trespass vi et armis for beating the plaintiff's slave.
THE COURT instructed the jury that the plaintiff might recover if the defendant unnecessarily, and without sufficient provocation, beat the plaintiff's slave, although the plaintiff did not prove any damage by loss of service.
1 [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
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