SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



returned to him, he is barred from suing 

 for the price. 



Whilst a verbal warranty is binding, 

 there may be a great difficulty in 

 establishing the fact that the vendor 

 gave such warranty at the time of sale. 

 Hence the necessity of having a witness 

 in support thereof, or, what is still 

 better, a written warranty, taking care 

 that the wording of such leaves no 

 loopholes. 



If a dealer, etc., allows a horse to go 

 on trial to the intending buyer and an 

 injury or death occurs whilst the latter 

 is custodian, the hirer or party with 

 whom the horse is on trial must show 

 that he is in no way responsible for such 

 damage. It is reasonable to assume 

 that the party to whom a horse has 

 gone on trial, or hire, could not be held 

 liable for any damage to the same, when 

 such arose through causes over which 

 the hirer, etc., or person in charge had 



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