Adams v. Walker

Adams brought suit upon a promissory note given for the purchase-price of a mule, title to which was retained in Adams until payment of the note. Walker pleaded that he was sued on a retention-of-title note; that after the execution of said note and before it became due, and while the title to the mule for which the note was given was in the plaintiff, the mule died, without fault of the defendant, and that under the law the loss occasioned by the death of the mule fell upon the seller. Upon hearing the evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant; to which the plaintiff excepted.

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