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[1639] Mor 9112      
Subject_1 MOVEABLES.

Ferguson
 v.
Forrest

 Date: 19 March 1639
Case No. No 3.

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A person buying a stolen horse, though in a public market, is liable in restitution to the owner, and the only security the purchaser can have is to take burgh and hamehald from the seller, according to the old laws of the realm.

 Fol. Dic. v. 1. p. 592. Durie.

*** This case is No 3. p. 4145. voce Fairs and Markets.

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