i82 SUNDAY DEALINGS. 



The sale of a horse by a farmer on Sunday renders 

 the contract vahd (good), because farmers are 

 not tradesmen, workmen, or artificers, and there- 

 fore, not exercising their ordinary caUing. 



A contract entered into for the sale of a horse 

 before Sunday between persons who are not horse 

 dealers, will stand good. 



On the other hand, a horse dealer cannot sue 

 upon a contract made on Sunday for the sale of a 

 horse. Supposing that a man purchases a horse 

 with a warranty on Sunday, from a person that he 

 knows to be a horse dealer, the purchaser cannot 

 recover for breach of such warranty. 



If the buyer is not aware that he is dealing with 

 a man exercising his ordinary calling, there are 

 good grounds for maintaining an action for breach of 

 contract, and there are reasons for believing that any 

 judge would overrule an objection by a defendant, 

 in the event of the latter endeavouring to establish 

 this, as a basis of defence. 



If a man buys a horse, say, on Saturday night, 

 with a warranty, etc., from a horse dealer— whom 

 he knows to be such— but docs not take deUvery 

 or pay for it until next morning— Sunday— the 

 warranty does not, in the writer's opinion, hold 

 good unless something has been done to complete the 



