28 HOUSE WAKRANTV. 



Coiu't saviug it would bo a cliscredit to the law if 

 the innocent agent of the plaintiifs fraud were 

 bound to pay the money to him. 

 Market As a general rule, a sale in a fair or market 



what'i5. overt, is binding, not only between the parties, but 

 also on all persons claiming any right of property 

 in the thing sold. Market ovei-t, in the country, 

 is held on certain days provided by charter or pre- 

 scription. In the City of London, every day 

 except Sunday is market day. In the country, 

 only the jilace or piece of land set ajtart by custctm 

 for the sale of goods, is market overt, and this 

 does not include shops. In the City of London 

 every shop is market overt for the i>articular goods 

 the owner of the shop professes to sell. The ordi- 

 nary rules as to the validity of sales in market 

 overt are somewhat modified in relation to tho 

 sales of horses by statute. These animals can so 

 oa.sily be moved from one place to another after 

 being stolen, that special provisions have been 

 made by statute respecting sales of them. 



The hrst .statute was i»assed more than MOd years 

 ago— in looo, 2 ^ '^ W &, ^\. <•. 7. Another 

 Btatute— 31 Kli/. c. 12 (1589)— also applies to tliis 

 Bubjcct. 



Tho statute of I'liilliji and ^fary provides, 

 amongst otlier things, that there shall be a certain 

 place appoint •'<! and set out in all fairs an<l markets 

 <»vert where horses are sold — that a tollkeeper shall 

 be appointed to keeji this place, from ten o'clock 



