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Against a " puffer " the l)uyer ran the price up to $160. After the 

 sale he discovered the trick, aud recovered back from the seller the 

 difference between the price and the highest bid he made against a 

 bidder in good faith. The offer of sale was to the highest bidder, and 

 the couit htkl that the highest bid as a matter of law was that made 

 against the next best bona fide bidder, and that bids against " puffers " 

 did not count. In another case the buyer made a bid, which was 

 raised by a gentleman said to be and who was, in fact, the owner. 

 Upon discovery of this the buyer thereupon tendered him the amount 

 of his bid, and in an action at law subsequently enforced the sale and 

 secured the horse. In the nature of things such an article as this can 

 but meagerly cover such a subject. These points have been brought 

 out only with the idea that they are some of the important phases of 

 the law of auctions which should be borne in mind by those who buy 

 aud those who sell in that manner. 



