Bates v. Smith

This is an action of trover to recover the value of a one-half interest in a colt. «

The claim of the plaintiff is that he bred the máre of one James Fraser upon shares. The contract, as stated by the plaintiff, is that Fraser came to his farm, and said he wanted to breed his mare to the stallion American Boy, then kept by plaintiff, and that he had no money; that plaintiff then told him he would breed the mare on shares, and, if Mr. Fraser would come to him at any time *349within two weeks and give him $50 for the services of the horse, Fraser could have his (the plaintiff’s) half-interest in the…