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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
For the defence, it was attempted to be shown that the 
accident occurred in consequence of the rider spurring the 
horse ; and the defendant’s driver stated that his brougham 
did not touch the animal. The evidence was of a very con- 
tradictory character. One of the witnesses for the defendant, 
however, stated that, immediately after the brougham had 
passed, the rider of the horse held up his whip in a threatening 
manner to the driver of the vehicle. 
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 
£48 8s. 9 d. 
Court of Common Pleas. 
GODFREY V. LAMBERT. — ACCIDENT. 
The plaintiff in this case is a member of the Chancery bar, 
and resides at Highgate ; and the defendant, who lives at 
Finchley, is chairman of the Hampstead Water Works Com- 
pany. The action was brought to recover damages for in- 
juries sustained by the plaintiff’s horse in consequence of the 
carelessness of the company’s servants ; and the plea was, 
not guilty. 
Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Ogle appeared for the 
plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Lush for the 
defendant. 
The plaintiff’s case was, that on the evening of the 8th of 
September in the present year, he was riding on horseback to 
Highgate, according to his usual custom. Nothing occurred 
until he got opposite the house No. 6, Highgate Rise. In 
June the Water Company had opened the road at this spot, 
in order to lay on the water at No. 6, and this had been so 
imperfectly done that the water had leaked out, and softened 
a part of the road. The plaintiff’s horse trod upon this spot, 
and one of its fore feet sank in, to the depth of about half- 
way between the fetlock and the knee. The horse, conse- 
quently, fell, and broke both its knees, but the plaintiff escaped, 
unhurt. The horse had been purchased a short time before, 
when out of condition, for 60 guineas, and at the time of the 
accident was worth 80 guineas. The horse was, of course, 
very much injured, and in the present action it was sought to 
recover compensation for the loss which the plaintiff had so 
sustained. Upon examining the spot where the accident 
occurred, the plaintiff found the road to be in an exceedingly 
soft and dangerous state ; indeed, so soft was it, that he thrust 
a walking-stick, which was produced, into it the distance of 
inches. 
