Anty v. Adle

The plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of nineteen thousand four hundred and forty dollars, amount of damages resulting from “ an illegal seizure and sale of plaintiff’s property, and from an unauthorized attempt to make plaintiff’s separate estate liable for the debts of her husband.” This large amount is made up of the following items:

1.Hire of thirteen slaves at $15 per month, each.

2.Hire of one slave at $30 per month.

3.Value of a slave who died.

4.Rent of a tract of land.

5.Value of a mansion house taken off the land by defendant.

6.Loss of cotton crop on another tract not seized by…