Blanton v. Knox

An action of debt was brought before a Justice of the Peace for $42. The plaintiff had judgment. The defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, where the plaintiff again recovered judgment. The record shows the case to be, that on the 10th day of Sept., 1832, Blanton hired to Knox a negro woman for one year, the service to commence on the 14th of the same month, when Blanton was to deliver the slave into the possession of Knox. Knox was to clothe the negro. Blanton delivered the possession of the woman to Knox on the day specified. The services were performed.

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