Brownston v. Cropper

*174Opinion of the Court.

Brownston filed his bill against Cropper, alleging that he purchased a negro of Cropper, on the 19th of November 1819, and that she died on the 5th of the ensuing month, having been sick of some inveterate and chronic disease, from the hour of her sale ; and that he had discovered that she was laboring under the same disease long before the sale, to the knowledge of Cropper, who represented her to be sound and healthy, which representations induced the sale; that he took a bill of sale warranting the title, but omitting her health, which was drawn by Cropper, and which he…