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- Licence
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- Held here since
- 26 September 2026
Version
- Decided
- 1 September 1785
- Later treatment
- Not cited by any later authority here
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
Authority
- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Citation
- 2 U.S. 91
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The decision
- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Decided
- 1785-09-01
Headnote
September Term, 1785. Boyd versus Bopst. This cause was tried at Easton, N. P. on the 10th June, 1785, before the Chief Justice, and Rush, Justice.
Judgment
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¶ 1[majority]
¶ 2IN the charge to the Jury, the Court observed, that the maxim of Caveat Emptor only applied to real estates; as the purchaser had the means of examining the title within his own power. But the possession of chattels, is a strong inducement to believe, that the possessor is the owner; and the act of selling them, is such an affirmation of property, that, on that circumstance alone, if the fact should turn out otherwise, the value can he recovered from the seller.
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