Knard v. Hill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the District Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. W. P. Chitwood. This was an action on the case, brought by the appellee, Chillian Hill, against J. Knard and J. W. Bain ; and sought to recover damages for the killing of a horse, the property of the plaintiff, in a livery stable, alleged to have been owned and kept by the defendants, through the negligence of a teamster in charge of a team, alleged to have belonged to the defendants.
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Appeal from the District Court of Colbert. Tried before the Hon. W. P. Chitwood. This was an action on the case, brought by the appellee, Chillian Hill, against J. Knard and J. W. Bain ; and sought to recover damages for the killing of a horse, the property of the plaintiff, in a livery stable, alleged to have been owned and kept by the defendants, through the negligence of a teamster in charge of a team, alleged to have belonged to the defendants. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. There were a great many charges asked, which it is deemed unnecessary to set out.…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
Case by appellee, Hill, against appellants, Knard and Bain, for negligently killing plaintiff’s horse by running a hack and team against him. The main issue tried was the liability vel non of defendant, Knard, for the results of the negligence which the evidence tended to establish, causing the injury ; the solution of which depended upon whether or not he, Knard, was interested, with Bain, in keeping and carrying on the livery stable, wherein plaintiff’s horse was being kept when he was killed. The bill of exceptions contains all the evidence. We have examined it critically, and are of the…
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