Vezina v. Souliere

The plaintiff sues for damages for fraud in the sale to him by the defendant of a certain horse. The declaration contains two counts. Each count alleges in substance that for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to purchase said horse the defendant wilfully, falsely, and fraudulently represented said horse to be a good horse for farm work, of kind disposition, and safe and gentle in every way; that in truth and in fact said horse was a kicker, “had a vicious propensity to kick without warning or provocation,” all of which the defendant then and there well knew, or ought to have known; and…