Louis Donnet and his associates, Cousin, Carrière, and the widow Rouquette, are the petitioners. They are suing James Ramsay, from whom they purchased a thirty-year old male slave named January twelve months ago. They present that Ramsay sold January "warranted" free of "all the vices and sickness prescribed by our laws," although he knew otherwise. Specifically, he knew that January had a history of running away, but never revealed it to his buyers. After passing to Donnet's possession, January ran away again, and thus "caused many expenses" to his new owners. Donnet and his associates have asked Ramsay to make good on the deal, but he has repeatedly refused and still refuses to do so. The petitioners pray the court to order that the sale be rescinded, and that Ramsay be ordered to "retake" January and refund the sale price of $300 plus $300 for expenses incurred.
Result: Denied; appealed.
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