Contee v. Garner
6 F. Cas. 361, 2 D.C. 162, 2 Cranch 162
CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
DecidedDecember 15, 1818
StatusPublished
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Contee v. Garner, 6 F. Cas. 361, 2 D.C. 162, 2 Cranch 162 (circtddc 1818).
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was inclined to think that it ought to have concluded with a verification.
The Court also decided that a slave cannot bind himself, at law, to pay money to his master, even for his freedom.
By consent, the plea was amended, the demurrer withdrawn, and issue joined upon the replication to the plea. Upón the trial, the plaintiff was non-prossed.
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