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Joseph Groves— Am a farmer at Radipole ; hired plaintiff on 
4th October to plough, and he finished on the 16th; didn’t par- 
ticularly notice the horse ; saw plaintiff some days afterwards, and, 
observing the horse lame, I told him of it ; he said, “ One of the 
others kicked him I am sure the words were to that effect. 
By the Court. — I don’t know whether the horse I saw lame was 
one of those that ploughed. 
Samuel Bascombe, of Portesham. — On the 25th of October 
heard plaintiff and defendant disputing about a horse ; plaintiff 
said he had tried the horse the day after he bought him, found it 
to defendant’s word, and then turned him out. 
Thomas Baker. — Am a farmer at Askerswell; knew the horse ; 
he was never lame : saw plaintiff and defendant on the 25th of 
October, and they had words; I asked plaintiff when he first dis- 
covered it, and he said Friday ; he afterwards said it was a month or 
six weeks ago; he then got abusing me. 
Thomas IVheeler Nobbs. — Am a veterinary surgeon at Cattis- 
tock ; on the 29th of November last I examined the horse in a field 
at Chickerell; it had an injury in the shoulder from the collar; it 
might have been from a kick or a blow ; I should think it then of 
six weeks’ standing — not so long back as August 6th; he is now 
worth £10 or £12. 
Cross-examined. — The injury was caused by want of action, and 
not from inflammatory action ; I could cure this case in six weeks, 
and would undertake to do so. 
By the Court. — Don’t think there is any permanent unsoundness. 
John Wallis Nobbs. — Am son of the last witness, and a veteri- 
nary surgeon, at Cerne. On the 29th November I examined the 
horse, and coincide in opinion with my father; the injury was 
recent. 
Cross-examined. — Saw the horse to-day ; not much difference 
in him now. 
After the plaintiff’s attorney had replied, the Judge said, the 
only question now was as to soundness, the warranty, sale, and the 
price — all being admitted; and after a long review of the evidence, 
an order was made in favour of the defendant. 
The costs were allowed. The case lasted upwards of six hours. 
*** This was an equitable verdict. There could be no reasonable 
doubt, from the evidence adduced, that the lameness proceeded from 
hurt of shoulder, contracted after the horse came into plaintiff’s 
possession. — Ed. Yet. 
