Dancey v. Braswell

Covenant, tried before Jones, J., at Eall Term 1869, of Edgecombe Court. The plaintiff declared upon a bond in the usual form executed by the defendants “for the sum oí $179.00, it being for the hire of negroes,” &c. It was shown .by the plaintiff that nothing was said at the time of the hiring as to the currency in which the bond was to be paid; and he offered further to show the value of the slaves in that locality and for that year.