U.S. Circuit Court for the Dis...1806Check Treatment
THE COURT, also,
(FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge,
absent,) at the prayer of the defendant’s counsel, instructed the jury, in effect, that if the slave had a written authority from the plaintiff, without limitation of time or place, to seek for a new master, the plaintiff could not recover in this action, although such authority was not shown to the defendant or his agents.
Verdict for plaintiff, $180. New trial refused.
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