Croft v. White

Plaintiff in error commenced her action, to recover of defendants the hire for two negroes. There are two counts in the complaint: one on a promissory note alleged to be due the 1st January, 1856, for eighty dollars, for the hire of two negroes, naming them — with*456out date — signed by the defendants, and made a part of the complaint. The other count is founded upon an open account for the hire of negroes for the year 1856, by the same defendants, and for one hundred and fifty dollars; which account is also filed with the complaint.

To this complaint the defendants filed, 1st, a general denial;…