Ancus Hoffar complains of the loss of his slave John. Hoffar explains that he needed to raise a sum of money and Charles Eckel, an acquaintance of his, offered to loan him $250. Hoffar gave a bill of sale for slave John as collateral. Hoffar raised the money to repay Eckel, but consented to Eckel's request to keep John for the remainder of the year. However, Eckel died without returning the slave. Hoffar applied to Charlotte Eckel and Morris Adler, the executors of Eckel's estate, to settle the account for the return of the slave, but his requests were refused. He asks the court to order the executors to return John.
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