<petition><petition_analysis_number>20683001</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20683001</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Scriven</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>29</file_day><file_month>3</file_month><file_year>1830</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>21</end_day><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1830</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>denied</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Screven County Courthouse, Sylvania, Georgia</repository><abstract>Amelia Sowell agreed to purchase Betty for $200 from John L. Martin.  She alleges that Martin was guilty of "fraudulently warranting the said negro woman to be well &amp; sound."  Sowell contends that Betty "was at the time of said sale &amp; warranty unsound and unwell &amp; not able to do any work &amp; was wholly unacquainted with cooking, washing or ironing, &amp; was at the time of said sale &amp; now continues of no value."  Sowell sues Martin for $200 in damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Skills (enslaved)</subject><subject>Warranty (enslaved)</subject><subject>Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>