A caso was brought recently in the Magistrate's Court, Palmerston North, against the New Zealand Dairy Union, in which Mr T. EytDn claimed L2 for the loss of four pigs, which died after being fed on butter-milk purchased at the defendants' factory. It was alleged, says the Manawatu Standard, that an excessive amount of salt had been put into the butter-milk, and thus caused the death of the pigs. In delivering judgment his Worship said it -was argued for the plaintiff that there was an implied warranty of quality in this case, because the defendants were the manufacturers of the article sold. Defendants' solicitor contended that the defendants were not the manufacturers of the article, or at all events it was not manufactured for the plaintiffs. It was somewhat difficult to decide whether the butter-milk was as an article manufactured by the defendant company. The only sense in which it could be said to be manufactured would be the mixing of the salt with the article, but that was not to make it into pigs' food, but for the purpose of the defendant company's business of butter manufacturer. To decide the case it was not necessary to go into that question. The evidence itself was not very exclusive in favour of the plaintiff. The evidence of the defen dant company's manager seemed to be honest evidence based on scientific facts relating to the business of butter making, and if that was true either the quantity of salt in the butter-milk was small, and a very small quantity of salt is injurious to pigs, or else, as was suggested—though it seemed very improbable—someone maliciously pub salt either into the tank or the settler's cans. It could not be said that there was any implied warranty on the part of the company that there should be only so much salt as would make the product wholesome for pigs. If they wero to be held so liable, considering the very low price of the article, it would be better for the company to throw it away. It was in evidence that the settlers who had given evidence still continued to take the defendant company's butter-milk, and he con cluded they now took the precaution to taste it before giving it to their pigs—a suitable precaution which, if taken before, would have saved the lives of the pigs. 