Campbell v. Botts

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

This is a redhibitory action, instituted to rescind the sale of a slave sold by the defendant to the plaintiff, on the ground that before and at the time of the sale, he was an habitual runaway.

The defence is, that the plaintiff was informed by the defendant and by other persons, before and at the time of the sale, of the vice of which he complains, and that, by reason of that knowledge, he cannot maintain his action.

The district judge considered that the defendant made use of no concealment in relation to the vice complained of, and that it…