Tennessee Supreme Court January 11, 1871 (Wiseman v. Bean)

NicholsoN, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the 2nd of April, 1860, James H. Wakefield bought a slave at a sale made by the Clerk and Master, in the case of Wiseman, Ex’r, v. McEIroy’s heirs, and executed his note therefor, with C. H. Bean, and J. M. Wiseman as his sureties, for $1,300.