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The mare, in this state, lived until Friday night, the bleeding 
having taken place on the Sunday. 
The owner of the mare thinks that I am liable for the price 
of her; or wishes me to leave it to two men of respectability, 
mutually chosen, to decide the case. 
I wish your opinion with regard to my liability for the price 
of the mare, which I bled as I have done many others; and 
there was a son of an extensive farmer, who held the mare 
while I bled her. The owner says that the vein was cut through ; 
but I shewed it to him, and that was not the case. 
Dec. 4tli, 1832. 
CONTRACTION. 
1st.—Is the proprietor of a young horse, which has never 
done work, entitled to warrant that horse sound, although at 
the time of sale he has a contracted foot, which has existed 
from birth, and running thrushes, which, however, have never 
occasioned lameness ? 
2d.—If a purchaser buys such a horse, aware of the contrac¬ 
tion in the foot and the thrushes (which are also admitted by 
the seller), and the horse becomes lame, from contraction, about 
six weeks after the sale (the best attention having been given in 
the meantime to the general management of the animal, and to 
the feet in partictllar), is he entitled to return the horse upon 
the seller, on the ground that a general warranty of soundness 
was given at the time of sale? Is the purchaser, in fact, enti¬ 
tled to take the general warranty of soundness at the time of 
sale as his protection, for a reasonable time, from lameness from 
contraction and thrush ? 
Dec. 1, 1832. 
WHAT ARE EYES GOOD FOR? 
Hatton v . Booner. Feb.22,\S*SS. Court of Exchequer/London. 
This was an action to recover the balance of a bill of exchange 
of £30. 
It was stated by plaintiff’s counsel, that the plaintiff is a re¬ 
spectable butcher, and that he purchased from the defendant a 
mare, for his private use. The purchase was made on a Thursday, 
and the mare was sent home on the subsequent Friday ; and she 
remained in plaintiff’s stable until Sunday, when he rode her 
out to pay a visit to a Mr. Tipper, a friend of his, who resided 
not more than two miles from town. When that gentleman saw 
her, he observed to the plaintiff that she was lame. On the sub¬ 
sequent Tuesday he drove her out in a gig, and she had not pro¬ 
ceeded more than thirty yards, when she was unable to move a 
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