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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> >Long story not so short <g>  yeah, there are circumstances that can make 
> a 
> deal not a deal.  Rare but they do occur.

I don't really think that qualifies as an exception.

Both legally and in the honorable culture there are things you know 
demonstrably and things which a reasonalbe person ought to know and it 
amounts to 
no odds.  The legal term is "construct knowledge" as opposed to "actual 
knowledge".

That is, the prospective horse buyer should know (it is reasonable to know, 
she had "construct knowledge) that you or anyone else would not sell a 
horse to an abusive owner.  She did not act in good faith.  Since she did not 
act in good faith, there is no agreement and no deal.

We might take that to a level of more seriousness.  You agree to take your 
neighbor to town since he has no vehicle.  You would not agree to this 
capriciously because you know he might be depending on you.  You gave your 
word 
and you intend on making good on it.  Then you find out that he is carring 
drugs to town to sell them.

Are you obliged to take him anyway because you gave your word?  Absolutely 
not!  He did not act toward you in good faith.  The unspoken but construct 
circumstances are that he is engaging in benign operations and is in no way 
bringing you or your vehicle into harm or compromise.  You don't have to say 
it out loud.

It's another one of those concepts you were raised around and it's a part 
of your culture or it isn't .... good faith.  In Latin, of course, that's  
"bona fide".</HTML>