Burnham v. Sherwood
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on a warranty of a horse sold; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, and tried to the jury before Sail, J. Verdict for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for error in the rulings and charge of the court. The ease is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
On May 2d, 1887, the defendant sold a mare to the plaintiff for $600, and the present action is' brought upon a warranty of the mare in the sale.
The second paragraph in the third count in the complaint is as follows: “ The defendant to induce the plaintiff to so buy said mare and pay him said sum therefor, declared to the plaintiff that said mare was sound and right in every particular and free from all blemishes so far as he, the defendant, knew, and was a suitable horse for a lady to drive, and very fast, and had, when three years old, trotted a mile in two minutes and fifty-eight seconds…
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