VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE, 
543 
Professor Spooner, principal of the College* read the 
report, which stated that the College was progressing 
most satisfactorily, and that the number of subscribers 
had increased as the institution had become more generally 
known. 
With respect also to the number of the patients admitted 
into the infirmary, there had been a considerable addition to 
those of the last year; while the animals brought for daily 
inspection as to disease, and for examination as to soundness, 
had materially increased. The entrance of the pupils had 
likewise reached the average number. 
The financial statement, prepared by Messrs. Begbie and 
Robinson, public accountants, for the past year, ending 
June 30, 1857, showed an excess of income over expenditure 
amounting to £432 4s. Qd. 
The report was adopted, and some matters of minor im- 
portance having been discussed, the meeting separated. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
Bristol County Court. 
(Before Sir J. E. Eardley JVilmot , Bart., Judge.) 
GREENLAND V. HASKINS. 
Mr. King for the plaintiff and Mr. Edlin for the defendant. 
This was an action to recover £11 7 s. 6d., the difference 
between the purchase-money of a mare, which, it was 
alleged, had been warranted, and the amount for which she 
was sold. 
The plaintiff is a carrier between Bristol and Warmley, 
and the defendant a farmer, residing at the latter place. On 
the 19th of May, after numerous bargainings, the plaintiff 
purchased a mare of the defendant for £30 15s. ; defendant 
warranted her to be sound, and said she was worth £40, and 
had no blemish. Plaintiff paid the money, and then asked 
for some paper, on which he wrote a receipt and a warranty, 
which he handed to defendant, who said he could not read, 
and gave it to his wife. She read it aloud, and the defendant 
said he could not sign that, but would warrant the mare to be 
sound, and his “ word was as good as his bond.” About a 
