Rumsey v. Matthews

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Trimble.

— This was an act'on °f debt, brought by Matthews against Rumsey, Wallace and Baldwin, upon an obligation with the following condition annexed, set. “ The condi-i'OIi a^Pve obligation is such, that whereas the above named Ramsey and Wallace, have hired two negro men of the aforesaid Matthews, for one year, to eomrnence from the day of the date hereof, for the sum °r price of one hundred dollars each, to be paid at the expiration of the year, and if not punctually paid to hear *nterest fr°m this date, and to find the said negroes iñ clothing suitable to…