Mann v. Trabue

This was an action of covenant, brought by Trabue against Mann; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the Court below. The case appears to he, that Mann, made his Covenant to Trabue) in substance, as follows, to-wit: — On the first day of June next, I promise to pay C. C. Trabue, or order, two hundred dollars, and on os*509before the 25th of December next, two hundred dollars more, which two payments amount to four hundred dollars, is to pay for his negro woman, Fanny. If the said payments are made complete, then the said C. C. Trabue is to make a bill of sale of. said girl, but if not, I am…