Estes v. . Hairston

To the petition was appended a copy of the case, made (355) up by the presiding judge below, from which it appeared that the plaintiff declared, as assignee of Robert Hairston, upon a written agreement, in these words: "Memorandum of an agreement made between Robert Hairston and Joel Estes and W. and E. W. Estes, all of the county of Pittsylvania, Virginia. The said Hairston agrees to sell the said Estes his crop of tobacco at the following plantations (naming them), estimated at between 60,000 and 80,000 weight, for which said Estes agrees to give the said Hairston $10 per hundredweight,…