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his loss through not being able to sell the beasts on the Saturday at 
56 IO. The judgment of the Court would be for the plaintiff for <£10, 
and considering the importance of the case, he (his Honour) should 
order the costs of the plaintiff on the higher scale. He thought by 
this verdict both sides would suffer more or less through the obstinacy 
which had been displayed in the matter. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. 
FAUX V. BROOKES. 
This action, which was tried before Mr. Justice Byles and a 
special jury, at Bedford, on the 17th of March, possesses several 
features of novelty and interest to the members of the profession. 
The facts as set forth in the declaration are briefly these. 
The defendant Brookes, after having been disengaged for some 
time, at Michaelmas, 1868, became the tenant of a farm at Coleorton, 
near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in Leicestershire, adjoining that of the 
plaintiff ; the respective buildings, homestead, &c., being separated 
only by a cart road common to the farms. Defendant at the time 
had no kind of stock whatever ; and at the solicitation of an auc- 
tioneer, named Orchard, attended a sale of cattle and other effects, 
w r hicli Orchard was empowered to dispose of, by the executors of a 
Mrs. Cramp, on a farm at Etwall, in Derbyshire, twelve miles dis- 
tant. This took place on the 11 th November following. It was 
noticed at the sale that the cows were lean ; but the extreme drought 
of the summer, 1868, was considered to be the cause. Prices there- 
fore ranged low. About two months prior to the sale, pleuro- 
pneumonia was said to be present on Mrs. Cramp’s farm, and from 
which certain cattle had died, but the remaining stock was con- 
sidered to be perfectly sound ; and after a private consultation 
between the auctioneer and executors, it was deemed inadvisable to 
apprise buyers of the previous existence of the malady. At this sale 
the defendant purchased five in-calf cows, and at another place one, 
the whole of which were taken by defendant’s man to his new occu- 
pation at Coleorton. On the 24th January, 1869, signs of indis- 
position appeared in one of the cows of the Etwall number, for 
which a drench was prescribed by Mr. Perry, of Ibstock, a graduate 
of the Edinburgh Veterinary College. On the 27th, signs of labour 
came on, and assistance was sought from the only available source 
— the adjoining farm — to enable the defendant to effect delivery, and 
the herdsman of plaintiff responded to the call. Defendant placed 
the calf in position, attached cords, and with the united help of 
defendant’s man, the co\V was safely delivered. Plaintiff’s man then 
washed his hands, received a mug of ale and departed, not more than 
five minutes being occupied in the operation. Mr. Perry saw the 
cow after, and on account of slightly accelei ated breathing, at the 
