2 D.C. 634
Decided December 15, 1825
Petition for freedom. On the trial of this cause, Thomas Bingay, a witness for the petitioner, testified that he was present at the bargain between the defendant and Mary Greenfield, for the purchase of the petitioner, who was held by the said Mary Greenfield, as a slave for life, and was offered for sale by her mistress; that the price agreed upon to be paid by the defendant, was $250.
Decided 1825-12-15
¶1could not agree to give-the instruction. The defendant then demurred to the evidence.
¶2At the next term, (May 1826,) The Court (Thruston, J., contra,) ordered judgment to be entered for the defendant upon the demurrer, without prejudice to any equitable relief which the petitioners might thereafter have.