Case Name: Wilson v. Kedgeley
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 477
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wilson v. Kedgeley.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 477–477

Head Matter:
Wilson v. Kedgeley.
Trespass vi el armis lies by the owner of a slave against a stranger who beats the slave per quod servitium amisit.
Trespass vi et armis, for beating his slave, whereby he lost his services.
Mr. F. S. Key
moved in arrest of judgment, that trespass vi et armis does not lie by the master in such a case. But it ought to have been trespass on the case.

Opinion:
Motion overruled. See Esp. N. P. 380, 598; 3 Bl. Com. 393.