Lynch v. Speed

This action was brought to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff’s horse, caused by its falling through the floor of a stall in a stable belonging to defendant. The stall in question had been let by defendant to plaintiff from month to month for a period of about two years. There were other stalls in this stable, one of which was occupied by a horse belonging to defendant. Defendant’s horse had fallen through the floor of the stall in which it was, two or three days previous to the time when plaintiff’s horse received its injuries, and this fact was known to both plaintiff and…