Archibald Blackburn v. James Allen

The declaration filed in the Circuit Court for the county of Washington upon a writ issued in 1812, and returned to the next term, claimed damages for the breach of a covenant alleged to have been made by writing, under seal the 17th of June, 1797, for the delivery of a negro girl on the 15th of October, 1797. The first plea of the defendant to this declaration stated an action on the same article by Robert Allen in the County Court of Washington, commenced in 1798, upon which a verdict was given on the plea of non est factum for the defendant, which was appealed from to the Superior Court…