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but no observation was made on it by the court ; and 

 the tenor of C. J. Abbott's observation was, that 

 there must be an actual transfer and handing over of 

 the thing from the seller to the buyer, and a taking 

 possession on the part of the latter. The former 

 case of Hodgson v. Le Bret seems to be distinguished 

 from this case, by the fact of the name having there 

 been written by the purchaser on the goods set apart 

 for him. Here, though a mark was made, the name 

 was not written, and it was specially noticed by the 

 court. 



I find in the "Law Journal," of the 13th of June, 

 1839, a case of Wright v. Percival, which is hardly 

 reconcileable with Baldey v. Parker. The defendant 

 agreed to buy a carriage from the plaintiffs. After 

 it was finished, she went to their factory, taking 

 with her a cover for the hind seat, and a set of 

 traces, which the carriage had been made to fit. 

 One of the plaintiffs told her that it was complete, 

 and she got into it, saying that it was a very nice 

 carriage ; she then desired the plaintiffs to order post 

 horses to take it home, and added that she would 

 call for it at half-past four in the afternoon ; she 

 directed that the cover which she had brought for 



