James H. Wade and his wife Amy, petitioning through their next friend, William H. Wade, sue John H. Smith for $800 in damages. The Wades claim that they were the owners of a twelve-year-old slave named Clarissa, whom they "casually lost" and who was found in the possession of John Smith. The Wades allege that Smith knew that the slave belonged to them, but with intent to defraud and deceive "converted and disposed of the said negro girl, Clarissa to his ... own use." The petitioners sue for the value of the slave.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Screven County Courthouse, Sylvania, Georgia
