Document: Order on the petition of one Nieuwenhoff, complaining of some persons at Westchester who sold him measled hogs

Received the petition of Nieuwenhoff, who showed that he bought from some inhabitants, residents of Westchester, some hogs, which were butchered by him and found to have a disease.[i] He requests that the director general and councilors please declare whether this was merchantable or not.

The foregoing petition having been read, it is answered and resolved: Before making a resolution, the bill of sale should be shown, mainly [ to see ] whether they were sold at the buyer’s risk or not, and whether the petitioner, immediately after they had been butchered, presented and delivered the ill hogs again to the sellers. Dated as above.