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of the Veterinary Medical Association ; and Messrs. Burt, 
Jones, Wattam, Dayus, Drew, Ferris, Wyer, Branford, 
Flower, and Clark, that of Fellowship ; they having pre- 
sented, during the session, papers for discussion at the 
weekly meetings of the Association. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence, 
BOURN COUNTY COURT, March 24. 
Before E. Cooke, Esq., Judge . 
Benton (Thos.) v. Lawrance (Wm. Munton). 
This was a horse-cause, which occupied the court about 
four hours, and created considerable interest amongst the 
farmers of the neighbourhood. The jury consisted of 
Messrs. John Berridge, Clement William Nidd, Thomas 
Sharman, John Burgess, and Robert Pick. 
Mr. Wallingford, of St. Ives, appeared for the plaintiff, 
who is an extensive horse-dealer at Earith, Hunts ; and 
Mr. Andrews for the defendant, who is a farmer and grazier 
at Dunsby. The claim was for £36, and the action arose 
out of the following circumstances : 
On Monday, the 10th of November, the plaintiff purchased 
of the defendant, at Stamford Fair, a bay mare, for £29, a 
written warranty being given. The mare was taken by easy 
stages from Stamford to Earith, and thence to Cambridge, 
where she was sold on the following Saturday (the 15th) to 
Mr. Budden, of St. Ives, for £33. Mr. Budden rode her 
home, and it was noticed she coughed on the journey. Every 
care was taken of her, and a veterinary surgeon was called in 
the day after he purchased her : she, however, gradually got 
worse, and died on the 3d of December. Plaintiff had re- 
paid Mr. Budden £33, and an expense of £3 had been in- 
curred for keep and attendance. 
The plaintiff, and Mr. James Pearce Budden, of the Crown 
Hotel, St. Ives, were called and proved the above facts. 
Mr. James Michael Rowell, veterinary surgeon, of St. Ives, 
deposed that he was called in to attend the mare on Sunday 
the 16 th. She was very weak from loss of appetite and severe 
cough. He believed she was affected with chronic disease. 
He saw her opened. One of the lungs was entirely destroyed, 
and in the other lung, which was rather congested, there w r as 
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