Perry v. Hewlett
Supreme Court of Alabama
In this case, an action of covenant, was brought by Aaron Perry, against Augustin A. Hewlett, Augustin Hewlett and William Milligan, in the Circuit Court of Morgan.
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In this case, an action of covenant, was brought by Aaron Perry, against Augustin A. Hewlett, Augustin Hewlett and William Milligan, in the Circuit Court of Morgan. The cause of action, was an agreement under seal, whereby the defendants, on the twenty-third of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, covenanted to pay the plaintiff the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, for the hire of two negroes, and to return them on the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. The case was tried on the plea of covenant, performed, with an agreement that any matter might be…
1Opinion of the CourtHopkins, C. J.
This was an action of covenant, which was tried upon, an issue, taken to the plea of covenants performed, with leave to the defendants, to give any special matter in evidence, which would constitute a good defence. On the trial of the cause, in the Circuit Court of Morgan county, it was proved that the bond, dated the, twenty-third of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, containing the covenants, for the alleged breach of which, the action was brought, was made by the defendants, upon the hiring of two slaves by the plaintiff, to the defendant, Augustin A. Hewlett, for the year…
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