Bennett v. Gibbons
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for fraud in the sale of a horse; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County,, and tried to the jury before Demine/, J. Verdict for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for error in,the rulings and charge of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is a complaint for fraud in effecting an exchange of a horse belonging to the plaintiff for one belonging to the defendant. The plaintiff had a verdict in the court below and the defendant appeals. Ten errors are assigned as reasons for the appeal, nearly all of which relate to the rulings of the court in the admission of evidence.
The evidence of the veterinary surgeon as to the nature and character of the disease which the defendant’s horse had before and at the time of the trade, the question whether there were other diseases which would be attended with similar swellings on the head,…
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