Cornfute v. Dale

General Court of Virginia

Cornfute v. Dale

1 H. & J. 4

DecidedApril 15, 1800

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Cornfute v. Dale, 1 H. & J. 4 (Va. Super. Ct. 1800).

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Chase, Ch. J.—

Assigned, among other reasons-for the decision in this case, that the action did not lie, because there was not a reciprocity of action, no action being maintainable against a master for an assault and battery committed by his slave; and that the injury to the slave was not dispunishable, it being indictable as an offence, and that without an injury or wrong to the master, no action could be sustained.

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Chase, Ch. J.—

Assigned, among other reasons-for the decision in this case, that the action did not lie, because there was not a reciprocity of action, no action being maintainable against a master for an assault and battery committed by his slave; and that the injury to the slave was not dispunishable, it being indictable as an offence, and that without an injury or wrong to the master, no action could be sustained.

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1 H. & J. 4, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/cornfute-v-dale-vagensess-1800.