Carpenter v. Allen

A. F. McMurtry, on the 7th of December, 1853, as agent for three others, and guardian for two minors, sold an undivided one-third of four slaves to O. L. Ross, on a credit of twelve months. The price was §1,100, and a note, paraphed by the notary, was given payable to the order of A. F. McMurtry, with a special mortgage on two of the slaves.

The act of sale contained this clause: “The vendor, A. F. McMurtry, appears in this sale as mandatory of Jane C. Moss, Sarah A. Laycoek, and of Emma McMurtry, and as guardian of the minors John McMurtry and Mary Helen McMurtry, and by these presents binds…