176 SALES BY AUCTION. 



A horse sent to a repository, or to the premises 

 of the auctioneer, is free from distress for rent, no 

 matter how such premises have been acquired by 

 the auctioneer. 



An auctioneer has no implied authority to 

 warrant a horse. 



If a person sends goods to a repository to be 

 sold which do not legally belong to him, obtaining 

 an advance upon them from the auctioneer, and 

 the latter then sells them, the auctioneer is liable 

 in an action for conversion. 



Negligence on the part of an auctioneer or his 

 servants, arising through mismanagement in con- 

 ducting the sale, renders him liable to an action for 

 damages. 



Buyers at auctions should always make a careful 

 inspection of the animals on the day preceding the 

 auction, and it will be a saving of useless worry and 

 expense if the intending purchaser takes a veterinary 

 surgeon with him to look over any animals that 

 appear to be suitable for the purposes required. 



All the principal towns and cities have one or 

 more horse repositories, and the class of horses 

 going to particular places can usually be ascer- 

 tained beforehand ; but this must not be allowed 

 to influence the intending purchaser, because there 



