This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1851 |
| Citation: | 4 Fla. 47 |
| Jurisdiction: | Supreme Court of FL |
| People: | Priscilla |
| Short Summary: | Made by a third party for payment of a slave. "The principle, therefore, that the debt of a third person is an adequate consideration for a promise is true, with these qualifications--that the promise must be in writing, and the instrument must bear on its face value received, or some other words, which raise a presumption of a legal consideration sufficient to sustain the promise, independently of the original debt." |
| Law type: | Enforcement of a Promissory Note |
| Full name: | Sarah A. Lines, Appellant, v. William Smith, Appellee |
| Court: | Florida Supreme Court |