OF PURCHASE AND SALE, ETC. 85 



I have liGcard six months spoken of as tlie timG 

 specified in which it has to be done. 



Q. " You do not know it otherwise than by its 

 being spoken of so ? 



A. "I have kno"\\Ti horses kept for about six 

 months, and then returned. 



Q. " I suppose a person might sell a horse, and 

 agree to take him back again within thi'ce months 

 only? 



A. " Yes, he might fix three months by agree- 

 ment. If it was agreed that the veterinary surgeon 

 should pass the horse before it was sold, then 

 there would be no dispute about it. I think that 

 would be the best plan I could prescribe. 



Q. " I am not speaking of what you would 

 think the best plan. Supposing a man sells a 

 horse and warrants him — he may only warrant 

 him for three months — there is nothing to compel 

 him to warrant the horse for six months, is 

 there ? 



A. "I think that six months is the time, ac- 

 cording to the Act of Parliament. 



Q. " You think that according to law the time 

 must be six months ? 



A. "Yes." 



Where this gentleman got his law from it is 

 difficult to say. There is no such Act of Parlia- 

 ment ; perhaps he had heard of six months in the 

 case of Margetson v. Wright^ before refeiTcd to. 



