s. 10. Execution 401 7. c. 19. Infant Trustees GEORGE I. GEORGE II. 2. & 3. c. 4. Registry 595 5. c. 18. 407, 595, Registry 596 162 OF VENDORS AND PURCHASERS ог ESTATES. INTRODUCTION. MORAL writers insist (a), that a vendor is bound, in foro conscientiæ, to acquaint a purchaser with the defects of the subject of the contract. Arguments of some force have, however, been advanced in favour of the contrary doctrine; and our law does not entirely coincide with this strict precept of morality (b). If a person enter into a contract, with full knowledge of all the defects in the estate, the question cannot arise: scientia enim utrinque par pares facit contrahentes (c). So if, at the time of the contract, the vendor himself was not aware of any defect in the estate, it seems, that the purchaser must take the estate with all its faults; and cannot claim any compensation for them, |