John C. Hicks seeks to stay a judgment recovered by Nancy Parham, from whom he hired two slaves on 8 March 1815. Hicks avows that he and his brother James, as security, "executed a certain writing obligatory" for $183 to the said Parham and "that the said obligation was given for the hire of two negro men slaves, named Stephen & Dick" for the remainder of the year. He further declares that he hired Stephen "shortly thereafter" to David McGavock of Nashville and that on "the 3d of April 1815 the said slave Stephen was accidentally killed by the sd David McGavock." Noting that he "did not have & enjoy the labour & profits of the services of said slave Stephen for even one month," the petitioner cites that he applied to Parham "for an abatement of & deduction from the sum specified" in his note. He informs the court that Parham, in response, sued him and James and recovered a judgment, for which an execution has issued. Fearful that the sheriff will levy his "chattels land & tenements," the petitioner prays that Parham be perpetually enjoined from collecting $83, which sum "was to have been paid for the service of Stephen."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
