U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1820

Gray v. Reardon

Gray v. Reardon
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided November 15, 1820
2 D.C. 219; 10 F. Cas. 1035; 2 Cranch 219
Gray v. Reardon

Opinion of the Court

The Court

(nem. con.) upon the prayer of the plaintiff’s counsel, instructed the jury that if they should believe from the evidence, that the defendant, in mailing the sale, acted as the agent and by the authority of the plaintiff, and agreed to pay the plaintiff the proceeds, he is liable to the plaintiff in this action, although the jury should be satisfied by the evidence, that other persons were jointly interested with him in the slaves.

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