Allen v. Hollis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumpsit, in Spalding Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss, at the May Term, i860. James M. Hollis commenced an action of assumpsit in the Superior Court of,.Spalding county, against Josiah Y. Allen, to recover the purchase price of three negroes, to wit: Rose and her two children, Bob and Hannah, which, he alleged, had been, before that time, sold to the said Allen by him.
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Assumpsit, in Spalding Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss, at the May Term, i860. James M. Hollis commenced an action of assumpsit in the Superior Court of,.Spalding county, against Josiah Y. Allen, to recover the purchase price of three negroes, to wit: Rose and her two children, Bob and Hannah, which, he alleged, had been, before that time, sold to the said Allen by him. The facts of the case were as follows.: The defendant, Allen, wrote a letter to the plaintiff, dated: “Griffin, Ga., Sept. 26th, 1858. '“Mr. J. M. Hohus. “Dear Sir: — Yours of the 19th was handed me by Dew,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.,
delivering the opinion.
Some negotiations had taken place between these - parties, respecting the sale of a family of negroes, to wit: a woman *146and two children, owned by Hollis, and which Allen proposed purchasing. We learn from the letter, written by Allen to Hollis, that Allen had offered fifteen hundred dollars for the slaves. Hollis agrees to accept Allen’s offer. And this is shown by the letter, written by Allen to Plollis, dated 26th September, 1858, in which he says: “Yours of the 19th was handed me by Lew yesterday, saying, you had concluded to take my offer…
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