Hatheway v. Jones

This action was commenced in March, 1856, in the Ouachita Circuit Court. The plaintiff, Hannah C. Hatheway, sued the defendant, Sarah E. Jones, for wages as an assistant teacher in a female school, kept by the defendant at Camden. With the declaration the plaintiff filed an affidavit that the defendant was indebted to her in the sum of $163 87, and was about to leave the State.

The plaintiff also filed an affidavit stating that the defendant had sold out all her real estate and personal effects, from which she had received several hundred dollars in cash, and collected most of the funds due…