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from any malady, acute or chronic, however slight, or that has 

 been disabled in any degree by disease or injury. 



Ah acute disease is one attended by more or less violent 

 symptoms and coming speedily to a crisis, while a chronic 

 disease is one that continues a long time, mild as to intensity 

 and slow as to progress. An acute disease results in a speedy 

 recovery, or death, or it may assume a chronic state. A chronic 

 disease is difficult to cure, and yields only to long-continued 

 treatment. 



The Law of Warranty.— When a horse is purchased, the 

 seller should furnish a bill of sale, setting forth the description 

 of the horse and guaranteeing certain things, as, for example, 

 that he is sound; that he is sound and kind; that he is serviceable 

 for certain specific work, etc. 



This bill of sale is the new owner's guarantee of title to the 

 horse. It also insures him against defects existing prioi* to the 

 date of sale. 



A warranty does not go forward of the date of sale, 

 unless it explicitly states so. 



If a person buys a horse that goes lame immediately or soon 

 after purchase, he can recover on the guarantee only by showing 

 ■ that the horse exhibited the same lameness before the sale. 

 Similarly with a horse warranted kind that runs away or balks 

 after sale. Unless the new owner can establish similar vicious- 

 ness before the sale, he cannot recover damages from the former 

 owner. 



This arises from the fact that all that can justly be ex- 

 pected from the seller is that he state truly in his warrant what 

 the history of the horse has been, not what his subsequent history 

 may be. 



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