VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
UXBRIDGE COUNTY COURT. 
JEdlin v. Goddard . 
This was an action to recover £8 19-5. 6d. for an alleged 
breach of warranty. Mr. Carter (instructed by Mr. S. 
Gardiner), appeared for the plaintiff, who lives at Ryson, and 
Mr. Sleap for the defendant, who is an omnibus proprietor. 
The facts are fully developed in the following evidence : 
Thomas Edlin , examined by Mr. Carter, stated that about 
the middle of October last, he agreed to purchase a horse 
from the defendant, for the sum of £7 15$., for which he paid 
£l deposit, and the remainder subsequently. Suspecting 
that the horse was glandered, he applied to the defendant to 
give him a warranty ; to which the latter replied, that he 
would if he would give him £10, but at the same time said, 
if the horse was glandered he w T ould return the money. He 
kept the horse for about a fortnight, but it did not improve. 
A veterinary surgeon said he was glandered, and witness 
again endeavoured to induce the defendant to take the horse ; 
but he would not do so nor pay him anything. He had the 
horse in his possession until it was killed, but it was of no 
use. He paid half a guinea to the veterinary surgeon, and 
had to pay for the cost of the animal’s keep ever since he 
had taken him from the defendant till he was killed. Defend- 
ant told him that if a veterinary surgeon said the horse was 
glandered, he would return the money. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleap. Was not aware that any 
person was present when he purchased the horse, or when 
he asked for the warranty. 
Mr. Henry Hancock , veterinary surgeon of Uxbridge, stated, 
that a horse had been brought to him by the plaintiff which 
was glandered. He could not, however, state the duration 
of the glanders. A horse under this disease was considered 
incurable. 
By Mr. Sleap. It was possible, but not probable, that the 
horse might have taken the disease in a fortnight. 
Henry Cowday examined by Mr. Carter. He lived at 
Uxbridge Moor, and was acquainted with the defendant, who 
was an omnibus keeper. Saw the horse about two months 
previously at Shepherd’s Bush, tied behind a cart going to 
Mr. Goddard’s. He saw the horse afterwards at Mr. Edlin’s, 
and from the symptoms it exhibited, he had no doubt the 
animal was glandered. 
Mr. Sleap contended that there was no case made out by 
