McWilliams v. Hagan

The petitioner seeks to recover of the. defendant, $707 56, for work and labor done for the Union Cotton Press, in storing and arranging cotton during the months of October, November, and December, 1840. He alleges that the work was done by the order of Messrs. Huie & Hale, then in possession of and working said press, and that he received from them their bons, or due bills, for that amount; that during the whole of this time, the defendant had the legal title to the property, and that Huie & Hale, were in possession under him, in pursuance of private arrangements between them, and that they…