Lewis v. Gibson

This suit is instituted to annul the sale of a slave, named Lige, sold by the defendant to the plaintiff, in December, 1841, on the ground of the slave being a runaway. The defendant admits that he sold the slave. He avers that at the time of, or previous to the sale, he informed the plaintiff of the vice, so far as it existed, and that in other ways he was informed of it. The suit was commenced by attachment against *147the defendant, who is a non-resident, out of which several questions have arisen not necessary to state or decide.

The evidence shows that the slave had runaway from the defendant…