Can I sue this person?

I recently researched my genealogy. As it turns out, I am the descendant of a slave owner. Apparently, my ancestor owned hundreds of slaves on a large plantation in Charleston. According to the records, a few of the slaves ran away. One of them stole 2 horses. I did more digging and found that he mode it safely to Massachusetts on those horses and had a family and long life. His great-great-grandson now is living in Virginia. I was wondering if it is possible to sue him for today's value of two good horses. I feel like, he had no right stealing the horses, and slavery was still legal, so actually he stole himself as well. I will do the right thing and let that go and just sue for the two horses, he would have never made it to the north without them, and never had that family, so if it wasn't for the, his offspring would have never been born. Is it possible to do this and if so, how much are two good horse worth these days?Can I sue this person?
Ha....its funny because of the whole "reparations" uses the same argument...
No. Aside from the ridiculousness of the whole idea, a descendant is not liable for the actions of his ancestor, so you cannot make him pay for what his great-great-grandfather did.Can I sue this person?
ur an idiot. you sue a person not their descendants. if they were still using those horses you cld get them back but i dnt see how that wld happen do you?
This has to be one of the most ridiculous questions I've ever seen here. I don't see how you would have any legal grounds to sue this person, nor can I see how you could possibly feel you have the MORAL grounds to do such a thing. Boy how I'd love to be the judge in this case and laugh you out of court..
This better be a joke because if not this is truly sick..









100's of slaves!!!!! and your worried about horses,

or money for crack?
Sure you can sue him. Be prepared to pay a lot of legal fees and get laughed out of court, though.



You can pretty much sue anyone for anything. Proving your case and getting a judgment is another thing altogether. And I'm pretty sure that the statute of limitations has run out in this case, too.
I'd imagine there are statutes of limitations on something like that and the statute has run. Forget it.
Yea you shouldn't be suing, that happened long time ago. o well I guess that means they can't go suing you either .... o wait they did sue ancestors of former slave owners ..



actually more white people were held as slaves then africans ... word slave comes form "Slovakia" ... like the country ..why don't we all just forget about all this ... ITS THE PAST .. WE WERE NOT BORN THEN....
I love the question "Can I sue?" The answer is always "yes...." With enough money you will always find an attorney who will file the paperwork for any claim. Your proper question is, "Can I recover?"



Look up and down your street and a few streets in the best neighborhood. DO YOU SEE ANYONE WHO MADE THEIR MONEY BY SUING PEOPLE FOR DAMAGES? (Except for Attorneys)



I would love you to place your lawsuit in the system just long enough to see the public outrage and anger you will draw like a lightning rod. You would be luck to escape a Judge's condemnation, contempt of Court and order for your reimbursement of costs to your defendants.



Besides the obvious fact that you were not personally out any money and have no legal standing and statute of limitations for passage of time from the incident to bringing suit (usually three to five years depending upon jurisdiction),



How would you like to be met with a response for being an accessory to kidnapping, assault, physical battery, possibly rape and a host of additional civil and criminal charges.



I think your imagined damages would be overwhelmed by the corresponding liability.



Even an all white jury, exclusively comprised of the oldest members of the Daughters of the Confederacy unrepentent on the slavery issue would find your "claim" to be sleazy and unworthy of consideration.
Maybe he can sue you for enslavement of his ancestors ! I'm just joking, but the point is what happened between your ancestors has nothing to do with you, and he didn't steal anything. He did nothing wrong and is in no way responsible for what his ancestors did.
ahhahaa
Are you friggin kidding me? That's RIDICULOUS! Your ancestor WHIPPED AND BEAT his ancestor and you're worried about suing for two horses!? If you were getting beat every day, not being fed enough, almost dying from not having enough water wouldn't you do ANYTHING it took to get away!? I know I sure as hell would! You are selfish and I think if you are able to sue him for 2 horses I think that he should be able to sue you for all of the years of hard labor and work you put HIS ancestor through. Because he wasn't an American citizen he wasn't binded by the law, which means that your ancestors right to own him didn't exist.. For it to be "a right to own him" it'd have to be a AMERICAN citizen he owned since is was an American law, but since citizenship requires all of this:



1. Are at least 18 years old and a lawful permanent resident ("green card" holder);

2. Have resided continuously in the United States, having been lawfully admitted for permanent residence, for five years immediately preceding the date you filed your application for naturalization, or

3. Have, after having been removed from conditional permanent resident status, based upon your marriage to a U.S. citizen, having resided in the United States for one year after the date the condition was removed;

4. Have resided continuously in the United States at all times after your application to the time and date of your admission for citizenship;

5. Have, during all periods of time referred to above, been and still are a person of good moral character;

6. Have no outstanding deportation or removal order and no pending deportation or removal proceeding;

7. Have the ability to read, write, speak, and understand simple words and phrases in English;

8. Have knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of U.S. history and government;

9. Are attached to, and can support, the principles of the U.S. Constitution and can swear allegiance to the United States.



to accomplish (yes this is validated by http://www.visaus.com/citizen.html as a source of reference) your ancestor (technically by law) kidnapped another countries citizen from the moment he purchased him or however he obtained him, which is against the law, i'm sure, in Africa or whichever country he was from.. ON TOP OF THAT he had a right to be free, NOONE should be owned and freedom is what we gained as Americans.. Be a true American, and let it go, cuz that is the most RIDICULOUS crap I have ever heard. What is the world coming too??.. Oh and PS- If you sue him and he decides to sue you back for the reasons I stated, HE would win..
HAHAHAHAHA, LMFAO!



Uhm, I'm going to say yes. Please video tape it for us? Or go on Judge Judy?
you can but your not going to win though unfortunately