Doty v. Moore

This suit was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, to recover damages against the plaintiff in error, for falsely and fraudulently representing a negro, hired by the said plaintiff in error, to him the said defendant in error, to be a first rate striker in a smith shop, and a pretty fair smith, and honest and of good character ; which representations were all false, and well known to the plaintiff in error to be false; that he was in truth no workmen, as a smith, and of bad character ; that he had burned the fence of the defendant in error, and had burned the…