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called upon the plaintiff the day after, however, and said the horse 
did not exactly suit him alleging that he was “ skittish” and 
playful, and that the lady for whom he had bought the horse could 
not ride him, and requested the plaintiff to take him back. This 
the plaintiff objected to do at first, but afterwards consented on 
condition that the defendant should take in lieu any other horse in 
the plaintiff’s stables at the price which he agreed to pay for the 
horse in dispute. The defendant, however, would not consent to 
that arrangement, and, finding that he could not prevail upon 
the plaintiff to take back the horse, said the fact was that he had 
consulted Mr. Sewell, an eminent veterinary surgeon, on the 
horse’s peculiar action, and Mr. Sewell had certified that the horse 
had the stringhalt. The plaintiff then said, as the defendant had 
taken that step, he would under no circumstances take back the 
horse. The defendant then took the horse to Tattersall’s, where 
he became sadly out of condition, and was afterwards sold to a 
Mr. Winch, of Dulwich. 
Mr. Sergeant TalfourcL interposed on behalf of the defendant, 
who, the learned Sergeant said, had no desire to creep out of his 
bargain ; but having been assured by Mr Sewell, the veterinary 
surgeon, that the horse had the disease of stringhalt, the defendant 
had felt it right to resist the payment of the plaintiff’s demand. 
Under those circumstances the defendant was ready to consent to 
a verdict for the plaintiff for £35. 
Mr. Sergeant Byles accepted the offer. The fact was that the 
horse had since been sold for £100, and therefore the plaintiff had 
not been prejudiced to a greater extent than £35. 
Verdict for the plaintiff for £35 accordingly. 
THE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 1, 1848. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — CicEno. 
It will be seen, under our “ Home Extracts,” that the importa- 
tion of contaminated sheep into this country has at last attracted the 
notice of both houses of Parliament, and that measures are likely 
to be taken — we hope, with Lord Brougham, they may not come 
" too late” — to prevent the spread of a disease among our flocks, 
which, should it once get a footing, will be but too likely to devas- 
tate them at a fearful rate. We have already got consuming dis- 
ease in one of our staple articles of vegetable food — potatoes : come 
