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DOWNEY v. HICKS

55 U.S. 240 (1852)

14 How. 240

JAMES W. DOWNEY, EXECUTOR OF SAMUEL S. DOWNEY, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARY M. HICKS, EXECUTRIX OF JOSEPH T. HICKS, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Badger, with whom was Mr. William A. Graham, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Volney E. Howard, with whom was Mr. Walker, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Chief Justice Taney did not sit in this cause.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case was brought before us by a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

An action of assumpsit was commenced by the plaintiff, on a note for four hundred and fifty-six dollars, and a large sum for the hire of slaves.

The declaration contained ten counts...

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