LAWS OF WARRANTY IN TIIP: GERMANIC SIATES. 483 
tending to fifteen days after the sale—to consumption in cattle, 
to the SCAB in sheep, and to cutaneous eruptions in pigSy 
extending to four weeks. In case of fraud on the part of the 
vender, the period of the commencement of the action is not 
limited. Sales effected by order of government, or in conse¬ 
quence of the legal seizure of certain animals, are exempt from 
the laws of warranty. 
B. In the old principality of Wurtzbourg an old law of 1742 
is still in full vigour, considering as unsoundness in the horse 
glanders, mange, chronic affection of the lungs, 
jbroken-wind, mad staggers, and immobility. With 
regard to these diseases the warranty extends to thirty days, 
before the expiration of which the purchaser must commence his 
action, either by complaining to the authorities of the place, or 
by laying before the authorities, whether in his own district or 
that in which the vender may reside, a certificate from qualified 
veterinary surgeons, stating the existence and nature of the un¬ 
soundness. A warranty of three months with regard to con¬ 
sumption extends to cattle; and all the expenses of legal pro¬ 
ceedings will fall upon the seller, and the money paid must be 
restored to him, whether the beast may die in the meantime or 
be destroyed by the butcher. If this malady should be recog¬ 
nized after the three months have expired, but before the end of 
the sixth month, the loss in the value of the beast shall be equally 
divided betw'een the purchaser and the seller, but the latter shall 
not be subject to any other expense. In either case the vender 
may commence legal proceedings against those from whom he 
may have purchased the cattle, if within the period of six months. 
The warranty against the rot in sheep extends to three months. 
If the rot is not discovered until the slaughter of the animal, 
the seller is not liable to any fine or return of money if the meat 
is uninjured ; but if that is rendered unsaleable, or is deteriorated 
in value, he must compensate the buyer for the loss sustained. A 
warranty of four weeks is allowed for turnsick, epilepsy, cal¬ 
culi in the urine or bladder, inversion of the womb, dropsy, 
POLYPUS IN THE PHARYNX, Or OBSTINATE REFUSAL OF 
FOOD. For THE MEASLES in pigs there can afterwards be no 
action of warranty when the buyer has not examined tiie animals 
at the time of sale. When at the time of sale the buyer recog¬ 
nizes the existence of the cysticercus*, he should return the animals 
immediately to the vender, for if he retains them it w'ill be at his 
* The ci/sticercus is the supposed hydatid in the cellular membrane of the 
hofi^, and connected with or the cause of that peculiar cutaneous or subcu¬ 
taneous aflVction rccof^ni/cd in this country by the name of from 
its supposed resemblance to the eruption of measles. 
