Riddle v. Kreinbiehl

The plaintiff, in the capacity of curator of the estate of Rielwrd H. Cadle, sues for the unpaid balance due upon the price of a slave adjudicated to the defendant, Catharine Krienhiehl, at a public sale of the property belonging to the succession of Richcwd H. Cadle. The defendant resists payment on the ground that at the time of the sale the slave “was afflicted with a redhibitory malady of many years standing,” one not easily detected by a person not accustomed to deal in slaves and unskilled in medical science.

The defendant claims in reconvention the cancellation of the sale, the…