Cooper v. Brown

Upon the execution of a bond by William Cooper, as principal, and Alexander H. Atchison, as surety, an action of replevin was brought, by the said Cooper and James Headly and William Atchison, against George W. Brown, for a slave.

Brown pleaded, in abatement of the action, a failure to execute a bond according to law. The replication set out the bond executed by Cooper and A. H. Atchi-son, containing a condition conformable with the act of 1830, (2 Stat. Law, 1360,) except that, instead of stipulating for a return of the slave and a payment of hire in the event of failing “to establish their…