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came to him and said he feared something was the matter with it. 
Witness said he did not think there was, but he would send Mr. 
Walker to examine it. Mr. Walker did so and reported to him that 
the mare had only got a little cold. While the mare was in witness’s 
possession he had frequently observed a 1 running at the nose and 
Mr. Walker had treated it for cold. It was a good worker and he 
believed sound when the defendant bought it. The defendant had 
threatened him with an action.— Mr. Berry remarked that this 
witness was the real plaintiff in the case, being interested in it on 
account of the action which was threatened against him by the 
defendant. 
Mr. Berry , on behalf of the defendant, did not deny that the 
defendant’s mare was suffering from the glanders, and that the 
disease had been communicated to the other horses in the way 
stated ; but he submitted to the jury that the defendant did not 
negligently and wrongfully turn the mare into the field knowing 
that it was suffering from the disease, and therefore he should 
contend that the action could.not be maintained. The defendant 
bought the mare from Mr. Lodge in the month of February for ,£20, 
and having received a roan mare into his stables from Leeds, he 
observed in the latter symptoms of a disease called farcy, which was 
similar to glanders and equally infectious. He suspected that the 
infection had come from the bay mare, and went to Mir. Lodge, 
stating that he feared something was amiss. Mr. Lodge said he 
did not think there was, but would send Mr. Walker to see it. The 
roan mare had to be destroyed. Mr. Walker came to see the bay 
mare, prescribed a ball and blister for it, and' recommended that it 
should be turned out. He said it had only got a cold and would 
recover in a few weeks. Believing this to be the case the defendant 
turned the mare into the plaintiff’s field, and Mr. Walker told him 
that there would be no harm in putting another horse into its stable. 
The defendant put a grey horse there which was afterwards found 
to be affected with the glanders, and then Mr. Carter was called in 
and the horses were destroyed. He contended that the defendant 
had acted in ignorance that the bay mare was diseased with glanders, 
that he had not negligently turned it into the field, and that there¬ 
fore he was not liable.—The defendant was examined at some length, 
and bore out by evidence the statement of Mr. Berry. He stated 
that he had lost six horses through the disease, and his loss in value 
was about £200.— Mr. Walker , veterinary surgeon, was also called 
by Mr. Berry. He stated that he had treated the bay mare when 
in the possession of Mr. Lodge for cold and not for glanders. It 
only had a cold, and it was witness’s opinion that when it was in 
the possession of the defendant it never had the glanders or any 
disease whatever. 
By Mr. Watson .—When he examined the mare at Dawson’s he 
was not told there was any disease in the stable, and he did not 
recollect saying it would be quite safe to put another horse in the 
stable. Several other witnesses were examined by Mr. Berry, with 
a view of showing that Mr. Walker had pronounced the ailment to 
