Case Name: Richard M. Scott v. W. Bartleman
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1822-05
Citations: 2 Cranch 313
Docket Number: 
Parties: Richard M. Scott v. W. Bartleman.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 313–314

Head Matter:
Richard M. Scott v. W. Bartleman.
If I hire a slave for a year, and he he arrested for theft at any time during the year, and imprisoned therefor during the residue of the term for which I have hired him, I must pay the stipulated hire, and suffer the loss of service.
Assumpsit, for $36, for one year’s hire of a negro woman, the slave of the plaintiff, hired by the defendant for a year. Within ten days after hiring, she was arrested and imprisoned upon a warrant for theft, and kept in custody the residue of the year.
Mr. Swann and Mr. Fendatt, for the plaintiff.
Mr. Taylor, for the defendant.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
instructed the jury, that the loss of time and service must fall on the defendant.