AMPIMA vs. DEAMUA.

[1] In this case plaintiff complains that the house or family , of which the defendant and himself formed a part, had fallen into debt. That the defendant, who is a slave of the house, wants to get off from it, and leave the house, contrary to a law that prevails among the natives of this country. [2] Defendant pleaded that he was no slave of the house, but free-born; that he wished to go away from the house, and leave it to plaintiff and the rest of the family. [3] It appeared, during a lengthened investigation, that de­ fendant is a slave of the house, was born therein, and had ever since lived there; that he had at one time assumed the highest place in the house, during which he had sold off several members of the family as slaves, among whom was the plaintiffs brother and the plaintiff himself also ; and that he had since redeemed himself and returned to the family. [4] Decreed that defendant must either redeem himself from the family or still ....