Description
"Debt, account, $80.00 for labor of slave named Issac at mill (this amount reduced from $125 for money defendant paid to John Wilkinson to bring Isaac back from Kansas when he ran away). Depositions in the file consider if Mrs. Pitt had authority to make deals for her husband. She agreed to let Paxton have Isaac for 1 year if he paid Wilkinson for bringing Isaac back from Kansas but later decided she needed Isaac." Aug. 13, 1863: Trial before Justice of the Peace James M. Mulkey for $125 for hire of negro man Isaac, credit of $40 paid by Paxton for bringing Isaac back from Kansas, and $5.00 for use of same leaving balance of $80.00. Against Pitt for $27.07 and a Note for $20.50. Jury finds for Deft Paxton $47.20 Henry F. Freeland, Foreman. Whereupon judgment is rendered against the Plaintiff and in favor of Defendant for $47.20 for this debt & damages of $15.38 dollars as court costs. With jurors fees, total judgment is $64.11.
Missouri Archives Judicial Records Historical Database has an on-line record and scanned case file images.Date(s) of Creation
2/4/1863
