Stratton v. Morris

*Ed. -Baxter, Sp. J.

K. J. Morris, when about sixteen or seventeen years old, began mercantile lile as a clerk in a store in Hashville. He was very poor, but, being industrious and economical, he saved money from his salary. In 1842 he married Jane M. Stratton. In 1815 he became a member of the partnership of Lanier, Morris. & Co., and he contributed $4,000 as his' share of the capital of that firm. About one month before the forma*502tion of said partnership he and his wife sold a negro woman and three children for $1,175. ■ The negro woman had been bequeathed to Mrs. Morris by her aunt, but…