UNREPORTED CASIES. 469 



The witness's opinion was that he had Laminitis (e), or 

 inflammation of the Lamince of the feet, namely, of the con- 

 necting medium between the Coffin-bone and the interior of 

 the foot, wliich is admitted to be the supporter of the foot, 

 there being numerous fleshy plates. That injlammation of the 

 foot {/) includes many other diseases, and produces an alte- 

 ration in the structure of the hoof and sole. (Aldersox, B. : 

 No doubt that is an unsoundness, and a very fatal one.) It 

 is called Chronic Founder {(/), and must have lasted some time, 

 several months, most jorobably in August ; it generally pro- 

 duces lameness, and is a disease. {Alderson, B. : I hold 

 whatever disease a Horse has, which renders it less capable 

 of working, is an unsoundness.) On cross-examination the 

 witness said, ''I pointed out a slight disease in the sole, but 

 thought he would have been justified in warranting him. If 

 I had taken the precaution to see him go, things might have 

 been dift'erent." He then stated that after an inflammation 

 of the Lamince, the feet are never thoroughly restored. Con- 

 vexity of sole (e) comes on some time after a Horse is foaled; 

 in this case he must originally have had a thin sole. It can 

 never resume its natural appearance after being once convex, 

 and amounts to an unsoundness. Inflammation of the viscera 

 or of any important organ is known to settle in the feet. 



Mr. Pluyes, a Veterinary Surgeon, and partner of the last 

 witness, remembered the Horse coming to their Stables in 

 August, and frequently saw him exercised in the yard ; he 

 went crippled, and did not put out his fore feet freely at that 

 time ; he thought it proceeded from Cracked heels (A). In 

 December they examined him and found a great alteration of 

 structure in his feet, which might take place in a short time 

 if the inflammation wei'e vei-y acute. 



Mr. Bramley, a Horse-dealer and Publican at Nottingham, 

 bought the Horse of the plaintiff for 5bl. at the Newcastle 

 October Fair warranted sound. The morning after purchase, 

 he came out lame at Ferry Hill, about twenty miles off ; it was 

 supposed to proceed from Cracked heels (A). (Aldekson, B. : 

 That would be an unsoundness.) When the Horse arrived 

 at Nottingham he was still lame, and the witness had him 

 examined by Mr. Taylor, a Veterinary Surgeon, and in a few 

 days the Cracked heels got well. 



To prove the expense of bringing back the Horse, a Porter 

 on the York and Newcastle Railway was called, who, in De- 

 cember, saw the Horse at the Railway Station, and received 

 the fare for him from the plaintiff. 



On the part of the defendant witnesses were called to prove 

 the antecedent History of the Horse, and to show that he 



(e) See Laminitis and Pumiued [g) See Founder, ante. 



Feet, ante. (A) See Grease, ante. 



(J) See Contraction, ante. 



