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in the RCR #4 bill of sale as having the registration numbers
564033 and 573587, and (2) 44 other Suffolks born in late 1985
and early 1986, each of which had a lower registration number
than 564033 and 573587.12 The latter 44 Suffolks could not have
been registered before the time of their births in late 1985 or
early 1986. Thus, the two Suffolks with the higher registration
numbers 564033 and 573587 must have been registered with the
society sometime after early 1986. As indicated previously, the
American Suffolk Society assigned its registration numbers
sequentially in chronological order when the registration
application for that particular Suffolk had been approved and a
registration certificate was to be issued. The American Suffolk
Society registration certificate information as to (1) the two
Suffolk ewes, registration Nos. 564033 and 573587, and (2) the 44
other Suffolks born in late 1985 and early 1986, is set forth
infra in Appendix D to this Opinion.
12Although a few sample registration certificates are in
evidence, the parties did not introduce into the record
registration certificates for all of the sheep. Instead, the
parties submitted a stipulated exhibit listing information from
numerous individual certificates. This stipulated exhibit covers
certificates petitioners provided to respondent prior to trial,
certificates respondent obtained from national sheep breed
associations, and certificates petitioners provided to respondent
after the trial. Unfortunately, the exhibit omits the date upon
which each registration certificate was issued. Thus, in
examining the registration certificate information on the 46
Suffolks discussed above, the Court was unable to ascertain the
specific dates upon which their American Suffolk Sheep Society
certificates were issued.
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