47 Barb. 243 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1866
In a sale of chattels, when the purchase price is to be paid upon the delivery of the article to the purchaser, the title remains in the seller until delivery. (Kelley v. Upton, 6 DBuer, 336. Fleeman v. McKean, 25 Barb. 474. Whitcomb v. Hungerford, 42 id. 177.) This rule is so just and reasonable, that it scarcely needs to be fortified by the citation of authorities. And this is so where partial payments are made to bind the bargain, or
This was before payment and delivery were consummated ; and upon the question as to what the contract really was, every thing that takes place between the parties upon the subject, before its final completion, was proper; especially when it was altogether verbal. Equally untenable is the exception to that part of the charge in respect to the testimony of the plaintiff’s disclaiming any warranty, when he took the horse. The question to the medical witness was clearly proper. He. had already stated that he had read various standard authors on the subject of diseases, and had given his own opinion, in respect to the character of the disease of which the animal died. Certainly it was proper, at that stage of the inquiry, to ask the witness for his best medical opinion, according to the best authority.
„ There is no error, either in the ruling upon the trial, or in the charge, and a new trial should be denied,
Welles, E. Darwin Smith and Johnson, Justices.]