Shewalter v. Ford
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from the Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. John Watts, judge. In addition to the very full statement of the case, found in the opinion of this court, it is only necessary to state that the judgment in the court below was for the plaintiff for $860; being the amount of the purchase-money which he had paid and interest, and also the amount of expenses which he had incurred by reason of the sickness of the slave. Cited 2 Esp.
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IN error from the Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. John Watts, judge. In addition to the very full statement of the case, found in the opinion of this court, it is only necessary to state that the judgment in the court below was for the plaintiff for $860; being the amount of the purchase-money which he had paid and interest, and also the amount of expenses which he had incurred by reason of the sickness of the slave. Cited 2 Esp. R. 673; 2 Chitty R. 451; 1 Stark. 127; 2 Saund. PI. and Ev. 915; Chitty on Cont. 455, 464; Law of Slavery, 127.
1Opinion of the CourtHaNDY, J.
This action was brought by the defendant in error, to recover the sum of three hundred dollars, paid by him to the plaintiff in error, in part for the purchase-money of a slave, which the plaintiff in error warranted to be sound, but which died shortly after the purchase, from disease existing at the time of the purchase, and also for expenses incurred on account of medical attendance upon the slave.
The declaration alleges that the slave was purchased for the sum of one thousand and fifty dollars, of which the defendant in error paid the sum of $300, at the time of the purchase, in cash, and…
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