{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20883936","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20883936","state":"Louisiana","county":"East Feliciana","location_type":"Parish","file_day":11,"file_month":1,"file_year":1839,"filing_court":"District","end_day":7,"end_month":3,"end_year":1842,"ending_court":"Supreme","result":"denied; motion for new trial; rejected; appealed; affirmed","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"University of New Orleans","abstract":"Archibald D. Palmer petitions the court for compensation from Humphrey and James W. Taylor.  Palmer represents that, in 1838, he purchased a slave named Jim from the two men for the sum of $1000 cash.  He now contends that, although Jim was “warranted” to be “sound and healthy,” he was in fact afflicted with a “chronic inflammation of the stomach and bowels and a general derangement of all the vital functions of the sistem.”  As a result of this disease, Jim was “useless” to him and, in fact, died shortly thereafter.  Palmer claims that he has “amicably demanded” a refund from Humphrey and James Taylor, but to no avail.  He therefore prays that the two men be condemned to refund the purchase price of $1,000 and pay him $500 for his “expense and trouble.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Death of enslaved (disease)"},{"subject":"Diseases (physical)"},{"subject":"Medical treatment"},{"subject":"Warranty (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"}]}]}