Charles L. Hall was the owner of a male slave named Vall, valued at $1,000. Hall alleges that Richard Mooney and Gilbert McNair chased Vall "a great distance" with "the intent to beat and illtreat the said negroe man slave." The petitioner avers that Vall hid himself in a stream in order to elude his pursuers, but the defendants discovered his hiding place and refused to allow him to get out of the water; as a result, Vall "took a violent "Cold and in consequence thereof, died." Hall sues Mooney and McNair for $2,000 in damages.
Result: Denied.
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