¶1The opinion of the court was delivered by
¶2— In cases of this kind, it is never necessary to give notice, unless it was expressly or impliedly a part of the contract, this notice should be given. When there is an express stipulation as to notice, there can be no difficulty : but it is often not a little embarrassing to determine, wheu such a stipulation is to be inferred from the terms of the contract. We are however inclined to think, that the true rule is this: when the extent of the contract is not precisely known, but is to depend upon facts more particularly within the knowledge of the promisee than of the prom-iser, or where the time of performance is to be directly determined by the promisee, the law raises by implication a stipulation that notice shall be given to the promiser, and it must be averred and proved. But when the extent of the contract is to be ascertained by facts not particularly within the knowledge of the promisee, or when the time of performance is to depend upon some collateral act of the promiser or of a stranger, the promiser must be considered as having contracted to take notice at his peril, and notice need not be alleged and proved. Thus when the promise was to pay A. for barley, so much as he should receive of any other person for barley, notice was held to be necessary, because it was more particularly within the knowledge of A. how he sold *248his own barley. — 2 Cro. 432. Hall vs. Henning. — 1 Cro. 249. Brable vs. Hollywell. — Com Dig. Pleader c. 73. — 1 Chilly Pl. 320. — Lawes’ Pleading in assum. 207.
¶3But when ti^e contract was to pay such sum as a third person should name, or to pay when the promiser returned from Rome, it was,held, that there was no implied stipulation for notice, but the promiser was bound to take notice at his peril, — Com. Di. Pleader c. 75. — Ckitty PI. 320. — - Dawes' PI. 207.
¶4In the present case, Flanders promised to return the tickets three days before the day to be appointed for drawing the lottery. Tlje appointment of a day for drawing was á matter entirely collateral to the contract. The time, then, when the contract was to be performed, depended upon a collateral act of Dix and others, and according to the rule Flanders was bound to take notice of it at his j>eril. If there was any danger that he could not ascertain the time of drawing in season, it was his own folly not to guard against such danger by an express stipulation.
¶5It is the opinion of the court that there must be judgment for the plaintiff.