Court Opinion

ID: 7346345
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-26 00:55:54.500107+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:20:21.127592
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SEABURY, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover damages for the breach of a warranty in the sale of a hofse. The defendant, as auctioneer, sold a horse to the plaintiff on September 26; 1910, which horse was delivered to the plaintiff on the following day. The_ horse was warranted to be “kind and true and good wind.” The evidence shows that at the time of the sale the following auctipn rule was read to those who were bidding at the auction:
“The guaranty of horses sold'on Monday will expire at 12 o’clock noon on the following Wednesday. * * *”
This rule the plaintiff heard read, together with other rules governing the auction. These rules constituted the conditions upon which the .sale was made, and were binding upon the buyer and the seller.
The plaintiff. claims that the horse was not as warranted, and that his condition was such that, on October 6', 1910, he caused it to be shot. The warranty under which the horse was sold was limited by the rule under which the sale was made, and expired at the time specified in the rule. The terms of the sale required that the warranty for the horse, which was sold on Monday, should expire at 12 o’clock noon on the following Wednesday. The evidence shows that the plaintiff made no complaint as to the condition of the horse until October 6, 1910. Upon the facts proved, the plaintiff failed to establish a cause of action against the defendant, and the complaint should have been dismissed.
The judgment is reversed, with costs, and the complaint is dismissed, with costs. All concur.