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sold from the sale stable to his livery stable ; but in 

 this and in nearly every other instance, I shall briefly 

 quote the case, as I conclude that few of my readers 

 will have a law library at hand, and it may be conve- 

 nient even to those who have. 



Elmore v. Stone, 1 Taunton, 458. — " If a man 

 bargains for the purchase of goods, and desires the 

 vendor to keep them in his possession for an especial 

 purpose for the vendee, and the vendor accepts the 

 order, this is a sufficient delivery of the goods within 

 the statute of frauds. It is no objection to a con- 

 structive delivery of goods, that it is made by words, 

 parcel of the parole contract of sale." 



The plaintiff kept a livery stable, and dealt in 

 horses. He demanded 180 guineas for two, which 

 the defendant refused in the first instance to give, 

 offering a lower price. The offer being rejected, the 

 defendant sent word that " the horses were his, but 

 that as he had neither servant nor stable, the plaintiff 

 must keep them at livery for him." The plaintiff 

 upon this removed them out of his sale stable into 

 another, and upon his afterwards bringing an action 

 for the price, the defendant set up the statute of 

 frauds, and contended that the contract was not bind- 



