Mordacai Offutt states that he traded "a likely negro boy named Joseph" to John Emison in exchange for "an old negro man and woman named George and Clarissa" and $225 in November 1852. Offutt confesses that he is "by nature of feeble mind and disposed to believe every thing said to him." As a result, Offutt charges that he was defrauded out of $600 by Emison because the total value of George and Clarissa is not more than $400 and Joseph is worth $800. Offutt seeks to have the contract rescinded and Joseph returned to him. He also asks the court to prevent Emison from removing Joseph beyond the jurisdiction of the court.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
