llOUSr, WARRANTY. 



CHAPTER II. 



THE STATUTE OF FRAUDS. 



The Statute of Frauds, as it is called, was passed 

 in the reign of Charles II., for the purpose of pre- 

 venting frauds and perjury. Its main require- 

 ment is, that in certain cases where bargains are 

 made, to make the contract good, /. ^., binding, 

 there should he some memorandum of the bargain 

 in writing. The provisions of this Act have been 

 almost everywhere adopted by the States of the 

 American Union, and it needs only a short practice 

 out of Great Britain, — for example, in the British 

 possessions in East India, where there is no such 

 law, and where parol evidence has almost become 

 worthless through subornation, — to show the valuo 

 of the enactment, and the wisdom of our fore- 

 fathers in making it law. 



As the object of this short AVork is to treat of 

 horses, and their purchase and sale, il will bo 

 Bufllcient to consider the ell'eet of the 17th section 

 of the Statute (jf Frauds, because that section re- 

 lates to the sale of all articles, above the vahio of 

 10/, It is not probable that many lioi*8es, sold 

 under that sum, will become subjects for litiga- 



