Oregon Supreme Court June 15, 1855 (Arthur v. Moss)

"Williams, C. J.

"Where the purchaser of personal property sues his vendor upon an implied warranty of title, we think that the measure of damages in that case should be the price paid for the property, and not any sum for whieh such purchaser may have sold it; otherwise the vendor of personal property might be subjected to great loss and injury by means of the collusive sales and speculative