Mayes v. Calvit

delivered theopinion ofthe court. The plaintiff sues for a mulatto slave, sold to him by the defendant, whom the latter refuses to deliver. The answer contains a general de- nial, and an amended one states that the defen- dant never received any consideration for the said mulatto, and that neither the plaintiff nor any one else has paid to the defendant the con- sideration money for the sale.

Annexed to the petitionis a paper purporting to be signed by the defendant, acknowledging the receipt of two hundred dollars, in full, for the price of the mulatto.

The plaintiff interrogated, as to the…