Wright v. Coleman

*252OPINION of the Court, by

Ch. J. Boyle.

This is a -writ of error to a judgment in an action by petition and summons, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff, upon a note under seal, whereby the latter acknowledged he had hired of the former a family of slaves, l'or which he wastopay g 100, and And them in the customary winter and summer clothing.

*253T!ic principal objection taken in the assignment of er-i'or, is that the action was misconceived.

We are of opinion the, objection is well founded. The act of assembly which gives the remedy by petition, confines it to cases of bonds and…