Sentell v. Moore

This was an action of replevin by George W. Sentell, against Henry Moore, for two bales of cotton. The defendant pleaded that the cotton was his own, and not the property of the plaintiff.

The cause was submitted to the court, sitting as a jury, upon the following agreed statement of facts:

One Poster, with six other laborers, on the sixteenth day of January, 1877, entered into the following contract, in writing, with the plaintiff:

“ We, the undersigned, * * * do hereby contract and agree to worR a part of the Crowell plantation for Gr. W. Sentell, of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the…