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that !j e ! 5 ,° Ught the horse with his e yes open, and that conse¬ 
quently there was no remedy. F e 
in M r La'igworthy observed, that this was one of the few cases 
m which law was something like justice W„„ .f® s 
for the nrnfoccinn *„ °. justice. VVas it not possible 
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Mr. Percivctll lamented that we could not be guided bv the 
Jrsj tTS,* 1 *“ ™—JLZg? £ 
tan and absuid. The jmy, perhaps, regarded the nature 
and value of he evidence; but that evidence was so variable in 
often n, an 1 i^n S ° contradictor y and false, that they were 
often puzzled to which party to give credence. 7 
r. Field had been informed, from competent authority that 
whatever a dealer might say in recommendation of his home was 
of no consequence. One gentleman purchased a race home of 
.mother. It soon became unsound. The buyer went with the certi- 
ca e o unsoundness. The former owner said that the certificate 
was mere nonsense; that the horse had been trained and raced 
up to that very time, and, -he added, “ Take my word for it he 
is perfectly well.’' The other listened and believed and m d the 
money. The horse shortly after was more palpabtyVnsouS 
T1 e buyer then endeavoured to return him; and brought his 
warrmitT™.” ’ be ° aUSe ^ Sellel ' had DOt ex P ressl y s “ ld ' “ I 
Iiicha i d Lawre nce remarked, that horse causes were as 
uncertain in the event as any thing could possibly be. The jury 
generally composed of persons whose Occupation in life o’ivOs 
1 ‘ tde opportunity to understand the liorse, and they are 
gmded by the arguments of the counsel, who are equally ignorant 
lie thought it hardly possible to expect, although 4 very desirable’ 
hat rules should be laid down to meet Overy cafe.lA warranty 
if 8 tTf i° ne ’i mcluded eyer y disease at the time of sale. It [s 
waiSty 1 ! beWel ’ SeCUri ‘y t0 have ’ in ^tion to the general 
wairanty a specific one, against some apparent defect; butaeene- 
Srs?a r fte n r t f l ,: U # ht ‘° indude ^ thi “t « a person retags a 
s own Ll C ° ?ery of unsoundness, he makes the animal 
’ m tJl ® sa ™ e way that the owner of a returned bill be- 
mes answerable for that bill, unless he notes it. Some line 
ought to be drawn to settle this difficult question of soundness • 
sat be the State 0f the aniraal at the time of 
exhihiK nn ,ave a spavm ’ a nn g- bone > or a curb, if he then 
*om d Ho‘r nVenie r ° r , lnca P acit y> he should be deemed 
. ound. However sound any horse may appear to be, we cannot 
