Childs v. Wilson

The plaintiff sues to recover the amount of two promissory notes, given by him for the price of a horse and mule purchased by him from the agent of the defendant; he also sues to recover the value of two other horses, on the grounds, that at the time the agent of the defendant sold to him the first named horse and mule, they were unsound and affected with a contagious disease called “ Glanders,” of which the mule died, and which rendered the horse worthless ; and that the “ two other horses ” contracted the disease from the horse and mule, and have died or been rendered valueless by it.

The…