Martin London asks that a "tract of land and negro woman" be sold and that the proceeds from said sales be used to discharge a judgment recovered against him by one Wyatt Bailey, the defendant. London represents that he conveyed 220 acres of land, a female slave named Beck, and sundry notes to said Bailey "in trust," directing him "to sell the land & negroe, and collect the notes and with the proceeds discharge and pay off" said judgment of $700. He charges that said Bailey "pretended to dispose of said tract of land and negro woman at public sale, but intending to defraud your orator, so managed and conducted said pretended sale as to deter & prevent persons from bidding for said property and had the same knocked off to himself as purchaser for a sum far below its real value." London claims that the land was worth $1000 and that Bailey purchased it for $300; Beck was worth $200 and Bailey purchased her for $61. Noting that the sale proceeds were insufficient to satisfy the debt, the petitioner prays that the clerk and master may direct the sale of "said tract of land and negro woman and apply the proceeds to the satisfaction of said judgment."
Result: Granted; appealed.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
