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CARRYING HORSES. 



the contract, aware of the intended sale and of the day on 

 which it was to take place. It was held that the company- 

 were not liable in damages for the whole of the loss which 

 the owner sustained in consequence of the injuries occa- 

 sioned by the road journey ; but that the measure of 

 damages was the deterioration which the horses, if in 

 ordinary condition and fit to make the journey, would 

 have suffered thereby, and the time and labour expended 

 on the road {h). 



(/>) Waller v. Midland Great Western Hail. Co. L. E., 4 Ir. 376; 

 reversing L. E., 1 Ir. 520. 



