Stanley v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Limestone. Tried before the Hon. John E. MooRe. This action was founded on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “ $140. .Twelve months after date, I promise (to pay), to. the order of Thomas A. Nelson, one hundred and forty dollars, for the hire of George for the year 1852. Witness my hand and seal, January 2, 1852.” (signed) “H. Stanley.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Limestone. Tried before the Hon. John E. MooRe. This action was founded on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “ $140. .Twelve months after date, I promise (to pay), to. the order of Thomas A. Nelson, one hundred and forty dollars, for the hire of George for the year 1852. Witness my hand and seal, January 2, 1852.” (signed) “H. Stanley.” A credit was endorsed on the note, in these words: “ Rec’d $65 85 on the within, for R. Donnell’s note, June 1, ’53, less the interest off, January 2, 1853.” The only plea was the general issue, “ with leave…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
There are three questions, arising from the charges given and refused in this case, the decision of which is necessary and appropriate. Those questions may be thus stated: 1. Can a slave act as. the agent of his owner, or hirer? 2. If the owner or hirer of a slave, in 1852, suffered him to go at large, and to act for himself as a freeman; and if, while so going at large and acting, the slave made a contract for the hire of another slave, to work with him, for a stipulated sum, for which a white man gave his bond, is that bond a void instrument? . 3. If the slave, while going at large and…
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