The Supreme Court of this State have recently decided that
the hirer of a slave, under a general contract of hire, is guilty of a
conversion, if he hires said slave to another during the term of hire, without
the consent of the owner, and is liable to an action of trover for his value. The
question was made in the case of Cummings vs. Bell, from the Circuit Court of
this county.—Nashville (Tenn.) Patriot.
SOURCE: The Carolina
Spartan, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Thursday, January 22, 1857, p. 4
