Peterson v. Burn

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Kino, L

The plaintiff instituted this action to rescind the sale of a slave, and to recover damages, alleging that the slave was affected, at the date of the sale, with a redhibitory disease, which was known to the vendor, and not commenicated to the plaintiff: and that he had been subjected to heavy charges for medical services rendered to the slave, and for attorney’s fees. He subsequently presented a supplemental petition, in which he averred that, he had, *656since the commencement of the suit, sold the slave for $300, which was her full value, and to…