Evans v. . Kennedy , 2 N.C. 422 ( 1796 )

I do not recollect the defendant was ever bound to that. It would produce a loss of the plaintiff's service, which in the event of a verdict against him, the owner could not be compensated for.

So the bond was ordered to be taken as above.

See Gober v. Gober, 3 N.C. 127; Parker v. __________, ib., 345. Negroes are presumed to be slaves till the contrary appears; not so of persons of mixed blood. Gober v. Gober, 3 N.C. 170; Scott v. Williams,12 N.C. 376. This last case also decides that, under particular circumstances, substantial damages may be given in actions of this nature.