Sasser v. Pierce

This is a horse-swapping ease. It seems an anomoly that transactions so essentially sui generis should be subject to the ordinary law of the land and the common rules of jurisprudence, but we suppose they are. Pierce, the plaintiff, had a black mare mule, about five years old, named Nellie; Sasser, the defendant, also had a mule. A trade was proposed. Pierce said his mule *322was a little wild, and that he would like to trade for something that suited him better. Sasser said his mule was lame in her front foot, and a little old, and that he would like to trade for something younger. Sasser…