Case Name: Augustus Bower, Respondent, v. Fred Lewis Palmer and William Palmer, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of F. L. Palmer & Son, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-06-13
Citations: 257 A.D. 1017
Docket Number: 
Parties: Augustus Bower, Respondent, v. Fred Lewis Palmer and William Palmer, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of F. L. Palmer & Son, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 1017–1017

Head Matter:
Augustus Bower, Respondent, v. Fred Lewis Palmer and William Palmer, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of F. L. Palmer & Son, Appellants.

Opinion:
— Plaintiff has recovered against defendants damages arising through the sale to him of cows suffering from or exposed to shipping fever, a highly contagious bovine disease. According to the evidence given on behalf of plaintiff defendants represented the cows to be free from the disease, while in fact some of them were suffering therefrom. Other cows belonging to plaintiff contracted the disease. The judgment of $1,288.66 should be modified by deducting $120 therefrom. Judgment modified by deducting $120 therefrom, and as so modified affirmed, with costs. Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss and Heffeman, JJ., concur.