Blair v. Collins

The plaintiff, a resident of the parish of DeSoto, obtained a judgment against the defendant, for the return of tile price of a slave, with costs and expenses.

The curator of the succession of the defendant, who died during the pendency of the suit, appealed.

The evidence shows that the defendant, who was a negro-trader in New Orleans, sold, on the 22d' December, 1857, under full warranty, to tbe plaintiff, a slave who had been imported into this State a month or two prior thereto ; that the slave proved to be a confirmed runaway; that in July or August following, the plaintiff wrote to the…