A Cattle Deal

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7857, 24 June 1905, Page 2

A Cattle Deal

DISPUTE CONCERNING PEDIGREES. At the S.M. Court on Friday the case in which. Richard Mbrrioiw and * I David Lynn sudd John Halo for £lOl 'los damages in connection with the i .purchase of a niob of Jersey cows was concluded. Mr T. S. Weston ap.poarcd for ,the plaintiffs, a;n|d Mr (!. Cray for the defendanlf , Frederick Qornwnll|, a breeder of Jersey stock, stated that he had seen calves from the beasts purchased!. They were gpod grade stock. Tho cows themselves wero fair animals. The pedigree cows were pointed out to him, and he knew the his- ; tory of one and knew it to be purebred. In purchasing pedigree stock he would require particulars of the pedigree. Without the pedigree a purebred beast would be of no more value for breeding and selling purposes thftn a grade animal. He estij mated the mob of 38 as dairy cows to be valued at £9 per head at the time of sale, but if eight beasts cerr lined as pedigree were included, the price paid, an average of £ll 15s, j would be a fkvjr. figure for the lot. t Harper Lepper, another Jersey , breeder, gave evidence that he inspected the 37 head of cattle, and agreed with the previous witness that ' they were a fair lot, but nothing cxtuiord nary. Witness admitted that it was not always possible to pick pedigree stock, and ho would not bo " surprise):! to find that the ancestors of the eight purcbreds shown him " were on the .Stud Book ; he knew that seven of the eight mentioned ' did not show the same breeding as ' the one called Penelope. ' Charles Clarke was called to give 3 evidence as to prices. This Concluded the evidence for the plaintiffs. " Counsel stated that the defence was ' a denial that tho eight cattle were warranted as pedigreed, either by de- " fondant, or on his authority. John Hale, defendant, gave evidence " that he told Mr Stanley Shaw that seven of the beasts were purebred and included some ,he had purchased through Mr King. When tfte plain- ,_ tiff Linn and hia brother inspected <) l |h'is stock witness pointed out seven .. prize-takers. He had taken prizes' at local shows in purebred und grakle classes. He had been breeding JerK soys for the last ten years. He had j_ never been i-erjuired to produce Certi•l flcates in the purebred classes. 110 :' c had never mentioned to plaintiff, ', Lynn, anything about pedigree. Pre--10 vious tio; Aug. , r >, when delivery, was , tiaken of the Cattle, he had not promised to furnish peSigrecs of the nl cattle. SubseviyJently an interview |e tqok place nt Mr Newton King's* of- .' fice, and witness, whilst denying any j. liabiility, promised to <k!iver the ,1 pedigrees of three cjw« that Mould lU . cover the whole seven, just to satisfy " n Mr Morjrow. As a mutter of fact, 8 seven of the cows sold to plaintiffs lu wore purebred, in thnt tho> were diy rcctly descended from Stud Bonk ■_ stock. One of Uiu certificates, in ,f manuscript, was shown to Morrow .j by witness, but he refused, to accept p. it, saying tjiat it wan worthless. , v This pedigree, with others, was from j a well-known firm of breeders in tlip ( { Auckland district. Lynn had ' never Bt represented to witness that he was j 0 buying for brooding purposes. Wit- ,. ness considered £ll los per head „_ wiMS a fair price for what he nioin--3() tained was the best diary herd in the 0 [ district. ! } ( Witness admitted, in cross-examln-,n atioh, that he had told Mr Shnw, i-_ manager for Mr Newton King, in ro--0 ply to a question,, that the cattle 1 for sale included seven pefligrce cow r s. Wiitness gavo him no authority to ,„ represent this to a purchaser. Charles Gledhill, who stated he had , n 13 years' experience with cattle, conj_ sldered £ll 15s per head a fair price for the cattle. Geo. Ferguson, who w a s in defendant's employ at tho time of sale, also gave evidence. This closed the evidence. At 9.!!0 this mottling counsel will address the Bench on the issue.