Fenno v. Weston
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action for the false warranty of a mare. Plea, the general issue and trial by jury at the January Term, 1858, of the Orange County Court, — Barrett, J., presiding.
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This was an action for the false warranty of a mare. Plea, the general issue and trial by jury at the January Term, 1858, of the Orange County Court, — Barrett, J., presiding. On trial the plaintiff gave evidence tending to prove, among other things, that in August, 1854, he resided in Massachusetts, that one Kibbee, a neighbor of the plaintiff, being about to come to Vermont to buy a horse, was requested by the plaintiff to see if he could find a suitable one for him also ; that Kibbee came to Randolph in this State, where he saw the defendant and examined a young horse and a young mare,…
1Opinion of the CourtAldis, J.
To sustain this action it became necessary for the plaintiff to show a sale of the horse to him from the defendant. In the course of the trial among other evidence of a sale the defendant introduced a letter from one Kibbee to the defendant, dated August 10, 1854 in which he says: “I have concluded that I will give you three hundred dollars for your two colts that I looked at — if you say I may have them let me know as soon as possible, and you shall have your money.” The defendant wrote in reply “ that he might have the horses for three hundred dollars if he would come for them.”
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