McWhorter v. Wright, Nichols & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari, from Richmond Superior Court, decided by Judge Holt, September Term, 1848.' On the 7th May, 1847, John T. Hungerford, of the city of Augusta, being in insolvent circumstances, executed the following instrument : “ State op G-eorgia, Richmond County.
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Certiorari, from Richmond Superior Court, decided by Judge Holt, September Term, 1848.' On the 7th May, 1847, John T. Hungerford, of the city of Augusta, being in insolvent circumstances, executed the following instrument : “ State op G-eorgia, Richmond County. Know all men by these presents, that I, John T. Hungerford, of the city of Augusta, in said county and State, have, for value received, bargained, sold, and delivered, and by these presents do bargain, sell and deliver, unto Jacob G-. McWhorter, of the same place, a certain slave named Yancey, a boy about ten years of age, and all my…
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By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] On the 7th day of May, 1847, Jno. T. Hungerford, an insolvent debtor, in consideration that Jacob G. McWhorter would discharge sundry promissory notes, some due, and others still running to maturity, on which the said Hungerford was maker, and the said McWhorter an accommodation indorser, conveyed to McWhorter a negro boy by the name of Yancey, about ten years' *558old, his stock in trade, consisting of saddlery, See. See. "Wright, Nichols & Co., another of the creditors of Hungerford, obtained judgment, and levied their execution on this…
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