Legal Opinion
Branch v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 1, 1868PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough county. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRandall, C. J.
William P. Wilson, plaintiff in the court below, brought an action of assumpsit against the appellants in 1866, upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy:
“ One day after date we, or either of us, promise to pay William P. Wilson, or bearer, the sum of five thousand dollars for his negro woman Anna, and her four children, this 12th day of September, 1863. F. Branch,
E. A. Clark.
The declaration contains three counts: 1. Upon the note. 2. For price and value of the negro woman and her four children. 3. Upon account stated.
The defendant pleaded: 1. General issue. 2. Want of…
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