ARMY APPOINTMENT. 
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Robinson, George . . . Chesterfield .... 1871 
Robson, Joseph . . . Penrith.1856 
Rutherford, Edward . . Terrington, York . . . 1877 
Rutherford, Richard . . Edinburgh .... 1860 
Seymgcour, James . . . Ditto.1866 
Snowball, Matthew . . . Huntly, Aberdeenshire . . 1853 
Unsworth, John Bell . . Market Drayton . . . 1856 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
A YORKSHIRE HORSE CASE. 
Staggers. 
In the Queen’s Bench Division—before Mr. Justice Bowen—the case 
of “Farrar and another v. Hargreaves ” was lately tried. 
The second plaintiff, named Trickett, is a stone merchant in London, 
and Farrar follows a similar calling at Southowram, in Yorkshire, while 
the defendant is a veterinary surgeon at Doncaster. Trickett was in 
need of a horse in connection with his business, and he got Farrar to 
purchase one for him. Farrar, in fulfilment of this, went to Doncaster 
Fair, and there the defendant offered him a bay horse. Something the 
matter with the animal’s hocks was observed, but Hargreaves was con¬ 
fident that the horse was in a sound condition with this exception, and a 
bargain was struck at £60. The horse was forthwith despatched to 
London, and while in its stall it behaved rather suspiciously. This led 
to an examination, and it was found that the horse was suffering from 
staggers. The amount of damages claimed for breach of warranty 
was £71. 
The plaintiff was represented by Mr. R. S. Wright, and the defendant 
by Mr. Channel.—The defence was that the horse was not warranted, 
that it was a valuable animal somewhat depreciated by the defect dis¬ 
covered at the time of purchase, and that no fraud in the nature of false 
representations had been committed. It was quite possible for a horse 
to be affected with staggers, and that the symptoms might pass unob¬ 
served during the intervals between the attacks. 
The defendant was called, and from his evidence it appeared that a 
year prior to the sale to plaintiffs he bought the horse for £90 and sold 
it for £110, and that from the gentleman to whom he disposed of it for 
this amount he purchased it again for £50. 
The jury found that defendant did not warrant the horse, but that he 
made false and fraudulent representations about it—that it was sound— 
and that Farrar was induced to buy by these representations, and they 
awarded £50 damages .—Manchester Evening Mail . 
ARMY APPOINTMENT. 
War Office, Veterinary Department, 
Oct. 31^, 1879. 
Veterinary Surgeon Michael Francis Healy, Royal Artillery, to be 
veterinary surgeon first-class. 
