The plaintiff contracted to buy a horse from the defendant which the defendant said was free of vice. Instead it was very vicious, restive, ungovernable and ferocious.
Held: Absent an express promise no warranty would be implied, but in this case there was an express promise: ‘the question is, whether that fact will warrant the extension of the promise beyond that which would be implied by law; and whether the consideration, though insufficient to raise an implied promise, will nevertheless support an express one. And we think that it will not.’
Judges:
Lord Denman CJ
Citations:
[1842] EWHC KB J74, (1842) 114 ER 496
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Contract
Updated: 16 August 2022; Ref: scu.264569
