He, on his side, engaged, on receiving the amount agreed to
for the cart, to send it off to the blacksmith for immediate repairs,
to be delivered to the purchaser next morning at the latest. On this
understanding the purchase money was paid down, and the [99] receipt,
specifying that the sum therein mentioned was for a donkey-cart,
passed from the vendor to the purchaser of the little vehicle. Next
day at about noon the man went with his donkey for the cart. Arrived
there, his countryman had the larger of the two carts brought out,
and in pretended innocence said to the purchaser of the donkey-cart,
"Here is your cart." On this a warm dispute arose, which was not
abated by the presence and protests of the two witnesses of the day
before, who had hastily been summoned by the victim to bear out his
contention that it was the donkey-cart and not the larger cart which
had been examined, bargained for, purchased, and promised to be
delivered, the day before.
The matter, on account of the sturdiness of the rascal's denials, had
to be referred to a court of law. The complainant engaged an able
solicitor, who laid the case before Mr.
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