Gary v. Jordan

Legge, Justice.

Plaintiff, a resident of Newberry County, owned and maintained there an accredited herd of dairy cattle. In July, 1956, he purchased from the defendant, a cattle trader residing in Richland County, twenty Holstein cows and heifers, which were to have been added to plaintiff’s herd. Upon test of their blood taken on August 31, 1956, it was discovered that six of the animals so purchased were positive reactors to brucellosis, more commonly known as Bang’s disease. Thereafter, outbreaks of the disease in plaintiff’s herd necessitated the slaughter of some thirty cows and…