In 1835, William Moore hired out his slave, Edmund, to John McNeal for five hundred dollars for a term of three years. McNeal sold the remainder of the slave's term to his brother, James McNeal, "with the understanding that said negro continued with said James C. McNeal until the expiration of the Year 1838 at which time the term of hire expired." Moore charges that James McNeal has kept Edmund and claims to own him, and is planning to take him to Louisiana. The petitioner seeks writs of attachment restraining McNeal from taking the slave with him and attaching McNeal's other property "sufficient to satisfy the damages," citing that Edmund is worth between $1000 and $1500.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Dallas County Courthouse Annex, Selma, Alabama
