Maddox Fisher seeks an injunction prohibiting further proceedings against him by James Beatty and settlement of a dispute concerning purchase of a slave. Fisher purchased five slaves from Beatty for the sum of $900. Just before the sale, one of said slaves, named David, claimed to have been poisoned, and a clause was placed in the bill of sale whereby Beatty "obligated himself to make proper deduction out of the price of sd negro who was estimated by the parties at three hundred & fifty dollars." Fisher avows that David has been subject to "violent attacks of illness" since he purchased him, and he believes a deduction should be made in the amount he owes to Beatty. However, Beatty has instituted an action to collect the $225-note executed by Fisher and has obtained an execution against the petitioner. Fisher asks that Beatty answer his allegations and be enjoined from collecting on the judgment and that the court decree a deduction "for the deficiency of the slave."
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