<petition><petition_analysis_number>20683513</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20683513</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Elbert</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1835</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>6</end_day><end_month>9</end_month><end_year>1836</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>partially granted; appealed; upheld</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>5</total_people_count><repository>Elbert County Courthouse, Elberton, Georgia</repository><abstract>Weston and William Patterson state that they paid James Henderson $212.50 for "a certain negro man named Isaac &amp; a certain Mare or Philly."  He "the said James undertook then and there warranted and promised that the said negro man Isaac &amp; the said Philly were sound and well."  Isaac, however, was not well and soon died.  The petitioners allege that Henderson knew that Isaac was afflicted at the time of the sale with "Dropsey of the Breast."  They sue for $350 in damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Death of enslaved (disease)</subject><subject>Diseases (physical)</subject><subject>Warranty (enslaved)</subject><subject>Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>