Redman v. . Roberts
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an appeal from the judgment of the Superior' Court of Law of Iredell county, at Spring Term, 1841,“ his Honor Judge Manly presiding. The plaintiff declared on A bond for one hundred dollars and proved its execution by the subscribing witness thereto.
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This was an appeal from the judgment of the Superior' Court of Law of Iredell county, at Spring Term, 1841,“ his Honor Judge Manly presiding. The plaintiff declared on A bond for one hundred dollars and proved its execution by the subscribing witness thereto. On the trial it was proved that the plaintiff had procured to be issued against the defendant -a warrant for the penalty for trading with one of his slaves, in which the wardens of the poor of Iredell County were not named as parties plaintiffs. Upon the return of the warrant before the justice of the peace, who was the subscribing…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel, J.
This is an action of debt on a bond for one' hundred dollars. Plea, that it was given to compromise a misdemeanor. The plaintiff, heretofore, had warranted the defendant to recover the penalty of $100, for selling spirits to the plaintiff’s slave, contrary to the act of Assembly. The plaintiff said he was also entitled to damages at common law for the injury he had sustained by the act of the defendant in letting his slave have spirits. When the warrant came on for trial before the justice, the defendant executed to the plaintiff two bonds, each for one hundred dollars, and the said warrant…
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