3  C.  B.  N.  S.  300  ;   27  L.  J.  0.  P.  67  ;  Maunsell  v.  White,  4  H.   L.  C.
17  ;  James,  L.  J.,  Denny  v.  Hancock,  1039  ;   Morehouse  v.  Colvin,  15  Beav.
L  'r   6  Ch.  10  ;  40  L.  J.  0.  193.  341  ;  Jorden  v.  Money,  5  H.   L.  C.
(h)  Taylor  v.  Brewer,   1  M.  &  S.  185  ;  23  L.  J.  0.  865.
290-  Roberts  v.  Smith,  4  H.  &  N.  (;)  Re  Hudson,  54  L.  J.  C.  811,

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CONTRACTS  BV  AGKEEMBNT,


Warranty
of  fact.
Liability
for  repre-
sentation


^^^J  I-  the  future  cannot  either  be  true  or  false  at  the  moment  it  is
made  ;  and  although  you  may  call  it  a  representation,  if  it  is
anything,  it  is  a  contract  or  promise  "  {ni) . — A  representation  of
a  matter  of  fact  may  be  intended  and  expressed  to  bind  the
person  making  it  to  its  truth,  or  rather  for  the  consequences
of  it  not  being  true;  as  in  the  case  of  a  warranty  of  the
soundness  of  a  horse  ;  or  of  the  quality  of  goods  ;  or  of  the
seaworthiuess  of  a  ship ;  or  of  the  genuineness  of  a  picture.
