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HORSES AND THEIR DISEASES; LAMENESSES; 
CURIOUS CASE; EXTRAORDINARY STATE 
OF THE LAW IN LOWER CANADA AS 
REGARDS WARRANTY. 
Bv J. B. Turner, V.S. 
A CASE came under my notice a short time since, which, 
curious in itself, pathologically , seemed to me yet more curious 
for the way in which it was settled legally , according to the law 
prevailing in this country. 
Every one knows that the Courts of Law in Lower Canada 
are governed in civil cases by the laws or customs which 
obtained in France at the time of its settlement, and not 
by the code Napoleon introduced into France after the revo- 
lution. 
It appears that these laws or customs recognise three vices 
redhibitoires, — that is to say, la morve, la pousse , and la cour- 
bature. If A buy from B a horse, and afterwards discover that 
the horse is affected by either of these maladies, he has a right 
to redhibition, — that is, A returns the horse, and B returns the 
money; and if B refuses, A sues him. 
Now, every one knows that morve is glanders, and pousse 
broken wind : the difficulty is to discover what is la courbature ; 
and how great this difficulty is, will be exemplified in the fol- 
lowing case, which I shall detail, and then explain why I have 
requested the editor of this journal to allow me to occupy his 
pages. 
Some time in September last, I received a paper, of which 
the following is a translation : — 
“ Province of Canada, \ 
District of Three Rivers. / 
Circuit Court. 
Antoine Pleau, plaintiff, v. Firmin Demers, defendant. 
“ The Court having heard the parties by their respective ad- 
vocates, and seen the proofs offered, before pronouncing judg- 
ment, orders, that J. B. Turner, Esq., appointed expert for this 
purpose, shall see and examine the horse in this case, and re- 
port, in detail, with what malady it was affected at the time of 
sale made by the defendant to the plaintiff, with special men- 
tion of the signs, marks, and symptoms of the said malady ; 
