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Law of Horses
By G. H. HEWIT OLIPHANT.
The following is from Oliphant's *Law of Horses, &c.*, p. 75. Will any of your readers kindly tell me whether the view is correct? "It is said in *Southerene* v. *Howe* (2 Rol. Rep. 5.), *Si home vend chivall que est lame, null action gist peur ceo, mes* caveat emptor: *lou jeo vend chivall que ad null oculus la null action gist; autrement lou il ad un conterfeit faux et* bright eye." "If a man sell a horse which is lame, no action lyes for that, but *caveat emptor*; and when I sell a horse that has *no* eye, there no action lies; otherwise where he has a counterfeit, false, and *bright eye*."…
Topics: Law of Horses, Legal Distinctions, Equine Health