Boone v. Pelichet

A slave, the property of the plaintiff, of the value of about §500, was advertised and about to be sold under an execution. The defendant, *204offered the plaintiff, as an act of friendship, the loan of the money to pay the debt, about $370. At first it was agreed that the plaintiff should mortgage the slave to the defendant to secure the loan, but on consultation the parties were advised to go through the forms of a sale,.and suffer the slave to be sold by the Sheriff under the execution, the defendant buying her in, and retaining the title to secure the repayment of his money. With the express…