Denson v. Stewart

The defendant sold, for the plaintiff, a slave for the price of thirteen hundred dollars, but has refused to account and to pay to the plaintiff more than eight hundred and eighty dollars of the price, on the ground that, as he was authorized to sell the slave for $900, he is entitled to retain the balance of the price over and above that sum, in addition to his commissions for effecting the sale.

This suit is brought to recover the sum of $420, the balance of the price, and to restrain John Walters, in whose hands that balance is alleged to be, from paying it over to Stewart, who claims it as…