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Georgia, Supreme Court, Americus : Hicks v Ayer, July 1848

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Georgia : Supreme Court, 1848.
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Hicks bid for four slaves, including Charles, belonging to Ayer at a public auction. Hicks did not comply with the terms of the sale and agreed that the slaves should be resold and that he would pay any loss and expenses of the resale. At the resale Hicks bid again for Charles and got him at a reduced price, but Ayer refused to release Charles to Hicks at the reduced price and sold him to Cromwell instead. Hicks confessed judgment for the full amount in the controversy before the jury at the Inferior Court had given its verdict, but still retained his right of appeal. At the Muscogee Superior Court the jury decided that Hicks should pay compensation for the difference. This ruling was referred to the Supreme Court to decide whether the appeal to the Superior Court should have been allowed and whether the pleadings and instructions in the case had been correct. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court below.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the Georgia Archives.
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Georgia Archives
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Material sourced from the Georgia Archives
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