Hatfield v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Alabama
In -this case a bill was filed in the Circuit Court of Jackson county, by Montgomery and Belcher, for the redemption of a negro slave.
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In -this case a bill was filed in the Circuit Court of Jackson county, by Montgomery and Belcher, for the redemption of a negro slave. The bill charged, that in the year 1807 or 1809, Hugh Montgomery, the father of the complainant Montgomery, conveyed to the defendant, Hatfield, a negro girl slave: that by an indorsement on the back of the convejmnce, (the consideration whereof was three hundred dollars,) and in consideration of three bushels of salt, the said Hugh had the privilege of redeeming or repurchasing the girl, at any time thereafter, on payment of the three hundred dollars, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
By Mr. Chief Justice SvrFOLD:
The defendants in error, P. R. Montgomery and W. Belcher, of Tennessee, charge by bill, that in 1807 or 1809, Hugh Montgomery, father of complainant Montgomery, conveyed to Hatfield, then of Campbell county, Tennessee, a negro girl, Malinda, for three hundred dollars. After bargaining for said girl, at the time of mailing the conveyance aforesaid, said Hatfield, in consideration of three bushels of salt, of the value of five dollars per bushel, paid him by said H. Montgomery, agreed to allow him the privilege of redeeming or repurchasing said girl at any time for…
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