An artisan builds a cart for a farmer. Later, the farmer finds out that the cart is defective. The farmer wants to use Hammurabi’s Code to bring a complaint against the artisan.Which of the codes at left might the farmer use to support his claim that the artisan is in the wrong?

Code 235 says that if a shipwright builds a vessel defectively, the shipwright must repair it at his own expense. That rule supports the farmer’s claim that the artisan is responsible for a defective item he built. Code 234 concerns the shipwright’s wages, while Code 236 concerns a boatman’s carelessness.

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