Chapman v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of assumpsit instituted in the Circuit court of Page county by Nancy Campbell against William A. Chapman, to recover the price of a slave alleged to have been sold by the former to the latter. The cause was removed to the Circuit court Rappahannock county; and when it came on there be tried the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for g-jg]^ punqrec[ dollars, with interest from the date 0f the contract; and the court rendered a judgment accordingly.
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This was an action of assumpsit instituted in the Circuit court of Page county by Nancy Campbell against William A. Chapman, to recover the price of a slave alleged to have been sold by the former to the latter. The cause was removed to the Circuit court Rappahannock county; and when it came on there be tried the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for g-jg]^ punqrec[ dollars, with interest from the date 0f the contract; and the court rendered a judgment accordingly. When the verdict was rendered the defendant Chapman applied to the court for a new trial, which was refused; and upon an…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniel, J.
The 17th section of 29 Charles 2, ch. 3, requiring that to make good a contract for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, (for the price of ten pounds and upwards,) the buyer shall accept and actually receive, in whole or in part, the things sold, or give something, in earnest, to bind the bargain, or in part of payment; or that some note or memorandum of the bargain be made and signed by the parties or their agents, has not been adopted in this state. And we have only to enquire whether the case stated in the certificate of facts satisfies the rules regulating like contracts of bargain…
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