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40 Vt. 197

Chesley v. Matthewson

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided August 15, 1867

Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1867-08-15

Book Account for pasturing one hundred and one sheep through the summer of 1866, at fifty cents per head. In relation to said account the auditor finds, that in the early part of May, 1866, the plaintiff called on the defendant for the purpose of renting his pasture, and that the defendant refused to hire it for the reason that he had never seen it.

Decided 1867-08-15

¶1The opinion of the court was delivered by

Barrett, J.

¶2The plaintiff agreed to let the defendant put a hundred sheep into his pasture for the season at fifty cents per head, and, if his pasture should prove to be not sufficient for their feed, that he would arrange with his father to open his pasture to them'. This is the contract under which the plaintiff claims to recover. The report shows that he.performed the contract on his part in every particular. It is-not true that he was under obligation to exercise any care or watch over the sheep, or to see that they were well kept. He was only to furnish just the pasture designated, with the use of his father’s pasture in a specified contingency; and all this he did without notice from the defendant, or knowledge from any source, that there was any lack of feed for the sheep. -

¶3The judgment is affirmed.

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