Purser v. Rountree & McAfee

The plaintiffs in the court below brought suit against the defendant on a promissory note given for one sorrel horse. One of the stipulations in the note was that “it is expressly understood that the said Rountree and McAfee do not warrant the health or soundness of said animal.” The defendant filed his answer to the petition, setting up, in substance, that the note was given for *837the horse as alleged, and that at the time of the sale he paid plaintiffs fifty dollars as part of the purchase-price and took possession of the horse; that at the time the note was executed, plaintiffs told…