Rist v. Hagan

This is a redhibitory action based upon the allegation that one of three slaves, purchased by the plaintiff from the defendant, by notarial act passed on the 21st of January, 1839, and warranted against all redhibitory maladies and vices prescribed by law, was at the time of the sale in the habit of running away, and that this vice was discovered within two months after the sale. The plaintiff further states, that the defendant had knowledge of the defect, and neglected to declare it; that the slave, who is named Johti, was also afflicted, at the time of the sale, with bodily maladies, which…