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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
£14 14^. iSd., the alleged loss on a black draught horse which 
the Cliffs had bought of the defendant for £34, and another 
horse, valued at £6, in exchange. The said black horse was after¬ 
wards sold by public auction, resulting in the above loss. Mr. 
Terry appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. J. H. Hutchinson for 
the defendant. 
On the 1st May, 1868, the horse in question (five years old) 
was purchased with a written warranty of soundness and free 
from vice. Shortly after the contract Mr, Carter, M.H.C.Y.S., 
Bradford, examined the horse and declared it to he unsound, 
and gave a certificate that the animal had chronic disease of the 
back, having a chinked hack” and, in his opinion, the disease 
had existed a month at least antecedent to the sale of the horse 
to the plaintiffs. 
Mr. Collins, M.B.C.V S., Bradford, also examined the horse for 
the plaintiffs, and was of opinion there might be some injury to 
the ligaments of the dorsal vertebrae ; thought that a horse might 
recover from such a strain. 
The defence was, the horse was sound when sold to the plain- 
tifts, was not “jinked” in the back, had no chronic disease, and 
was sound now, and was working in Leeds, being the property of 
Messrs. John Pepper and Company, carriers, at this time. l)r. 
Spence, of Weston, near Otley, proved that the horse formerly be¬ 
longed to him, and that he sold it with a warranty. Mr. Bale, 
M.B.C.V.S., Otley, proved that he had been in attendance at Dr, 
Spence’s stables, and had frequent opportunities of seeing the said 
horse, and never attended him for anv disease. Mr. Walker, 
M.B.C.V.S., Bradford, examined the horse for the defendant, 
and was convinced he was sound and free from chronic disease 
of the back. Mr. Broughton, M.B.C.V.S., of Leeds, examined 
the horse on the 22nd of September, and confirmed Mr. Walker’s 
opinion; so also did Mr. Edward Coleman Dray, M.B.C.A^.S., 
Leeds, who examined the horse on the same day, viz. 22nd 
September. 
His Honour came to the conclusion the horse was sound when 
sold by Dr. Spence ; sound when it came into the hands of the 
plaintiffs, and was sound and working regularly now, in the 
possession of Messrs. J. Pepper, at Leeds ; consequently he gave 
a verdict for the defendant. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office, Dec. ^2nd. 
Veterinary Department. —Acting Veterinary Surgeon J. Bunnell has 
been ))ernutted to resign his appointment: J. C. Dwyer, Gent, to be Acting 
Veterinary Surgeon, vice Case, appointed Veterinary Surgeon, Royal 
Artillery. 
Royal Artillery. —Acting Veterinary Surgeon M. P. M. Case to be 
Veterinary Surgeon, vice Phillips, who has retired upon half-pay. 
