Pointer v. Smith
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court, October Term, 1869. John C. Walker, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtFreeman, J.
The bill in this ease was filed by Pointer to recover the hire for 1864 of certain negroes, alleged to have been received by Smith as agent in charge of said negroes in the State of Alabama, and invested in cotton.
The facts necessary to be stated, in order to raise the questions presented for our decision, are, .that in 1863 the negroes of Pointer had been hired to Noble and Bro. in Alabama for that year, and that in February, 1864, they came into possession of Smith, who undertook their control and management, in pursuance of a letter written by Pointer to said Smith, dated January 27th,…
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