Whitson v. Gray
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM HICKMAN. Verdict and judgment for tbe defendant, at the October Term, 1859, WalkeR, J., presiding. The plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCaeutheRS, J.
The question in this case is upon the charge of the Court in relation to the measure of damages claimed by the defendant on his plea, in the nature of a cross-action, of fraud in the sale of slaves.
On the 17th of January, 1857, Gray sold to Whitson a negro woman slave and her child for §1550. The bill of sale recites that the woman was about twenty-five years of age, ap,d warrants the title and soundness. Two notes were given for the price — one for $550, and the other for $1000. The first note has been paid, and upon the last, due 17th January, 1858, this suit was instituted, October 4,…
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