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26 How. Pr. 491

Lytle v. Erwin

New York Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1864

New York Supreme Court · decided 1864-03-15

This appeal is brought from a judgment of the St. Lawrence county court reversing the judgment of a justice of the peace. The action in the justice’s court was to recover damages for a breach of warranty, on the sale of a horse, that the animal was without a fault, and that she was kind, gentle and good to work. The justice rendered judgment in favor of the. plaintiff for $60 damages and costs.

Decided 1864-03-15

By the court, Rosekrans, Justice.

¶1This judgment was properly reversed , by the county court. The defendant offered to prove that for more than a year, while he owned the mare, she was gentle and kind, and worked so for him. This evidence if admitted, would have had a tendency to show that such was the character and habit of the mare *496at the time of the warranty, and might have satisfied the jury that the warranty was not broken. It was also material upon the question of damages, if there was a breach of the warranty in part only. For these reasons, the judgment of the county court should be affirmed.

¶2The remarks of Selden, J. (18 N. Y. R. 293,) are applicable to this evidence and its rejection.

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