Re: Re: Buying a horse-general issues

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Would it be so hard to just contact those who purchased the horse and ask
them to pay the vet pre-purchase costs? This probably should have been one
of the first things done before all the harsh words and feelings muddied the
waters. I just can't ever understand why some people tend to get all hot and
bothered about perceived injustices. Don't know who's right or wrong but
whatever has happened is over and done with. My suggestion would be to
shrug, and start looking for a good horse. There are a lot of them out
there. Maybe the purchasers did you a favor and released you to find that
one special one just for you.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kirsten Price <splash@dakotacom.net>
To: <Journeegirl@aol.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 2:49 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Buying a horse-general issues


> Addressing the issues brought up (albeit poorly) by the original post...
>
> Exchange of money or written, signed contracts are not required to obtain
> and enforceable contracts. A simple exchange of "I promise to sell you
this
> horse for $2500" with a corresponding "I promise to buy this horse for
> $2500" forms a generally enforceable contract.
>
> But, lets get to the crux here.  No court is going to force the seller to
> actually go through with the sale if the buyer sues and wins on breach of
> contract.  It just doesn't happen in the vast majority of cases. What will
> most likely happen is that the court will award whatever damages the buyer
> can prove resulting from the breach of contract (which won't be much...
> maybe the vet exam bill).  If a deposit had been made, the buyer could get
> the deposit back. Basically the court will just put the buyer in the same
> financial position she was in before the contract was made.
>
> A more practical approach would be to ask the vet for a refund of the exam
> bucks because he should not have provided that information to a third
party
> without permission from whomever paid for the exam. This last is of course
> assuming that the vet did in fact release the results to another person
> without permission.
>
> Kirsten
>
>
>
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