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The effect of Sub-sect. (1), supra, is to make the vendor 

 liable for latent defects, e.g., defects which would not be 

 discovered on an examination of the article. (See definition, 

 Chap. VI., 34, ante.) In RandeUv.Newavn, 1877, 2 Q. B. D. 

 102, the facts were that the plaintiff ordered and bought of 

 the defendant, a coachbuilder, a pole for the plaintiffs carriage. 

 The pole broke in use, and the horses became frightened and 

 were injured. In an action for the damage the jury found 

 that the pole was not reasonably fit for the carriage, but that 

 the defendant had been guilty of no negligence. It was held 

 that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the value oi the pole, 

 and also for the damage to the horses, if the jury, on a second 

 trial, should be of opinion that the injury to the horses was 

 the natural consequence of the defect in the pole. The 

 important point in the case was that the vendor of the 

 carriage was held liable for a defect of which he did not 

 necessarily have any knowledge. 



