Canham v. Bruegman

Ames, C.

This is an action by tbe vendee of a team of borses against tbe vendors thereof to recover damages on tbe ground that at tbe time of tbe sale and delivery of the animals they were, without tbe knowledge of tbe plaintiff, infected with a certain malignant and contagious disease, known as “glanders,” of which both of them soon afterwards died, after having communicated tbe disease to a certain other animal belonging to tbe plaintiff which, in consequence thereof, died. A general demurrer to the petition having been overruled, the defendants elected not to plead further, and the amount…