108 HOUSK WAKKAMY, 



('iiAiTi:i: vir. 



THE LAW ]n:i.ATINf; TO I.KTTINC; AM) HIKING 

 HOUSES. 



In tlio present day, Avlien so many people prefer 

 ■what is called, joLLing tlicii" camagi'S and horses, 

 that is, liiring tliem from a jobmaster, it is of 

 some consequence to know a few of the plain 

 rules of law which affect this class of contracts. 

 To prevent trouLles with servants and to avoid 

 the risk which always attends hoi-sekeeping, par- 

 ticidarly when horses are kept out late at night, 

 many persons, even noblemen of the first rank, 

 hire their hoi-ses by the year or for a shoi-ter 

 period from keepers of horses, who for this pur- 

 pose are called, and call themselves, jobmastci's. 

 These last are, as a class, a most respectable body 

 of tradesmen, and the horses and e{pii]>ages they 

 send to their customers are equal to any turned 

 .T'.i.- out of private stables. They inciu- certain liabili- 



ih.'?r*riuii«8 ties and have certain rights. I'l-rhaps the chief 

 and Uabih- jjuljiiity j^ ,,n(. n,,! always clearly recognized, 

 namely, that wlnn a jxixm lets out a hoi-se or 

 caiTiage for ajiy ] articular jmrjiose he warrants 

 that the horse or carriage so let out is reasonably 



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