Rufus Oglesby alleges that Abraham Cook owes him $150. Averring that Cook hired him as his overseer for 1834, Oglesby represents that Cook agreed to give him part of the crop and "one good suit of yarn clothes or ten dollars in cash." He further charges that, after several months, Cook "dismissed your petitioner & drove him from his house & business & refused to let him gather in & have the said Crop." Oglesby adds that Cook refused "to let his hands obey or be directed by your petitioner, by reason of which your petitioner could not gather in and save the said crop." Oglesby therefore asks for $150 in damages.
Result: Denied; appealed; dismissed.
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Repository: Elbert County Courthouse, Elberton, Georgia
