McPherrin v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawattamie District Oov/rt. Plaintiff brought this action to recover the value of a horse which he placed in defendant’s charge to be cared for and fed for a consideration, and which he alleges was hilled through defendant’s negligence. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEeed, J.
Defendant was the keeper of a feed-stable, and received horses belonging to others to be cared for and fed for a consideration. Plaintiff left with him a team of horses, which defendant undertook to care for during that day. When plaintiff returned for the team he found that one of the horses was dead.
His claim is that the animal got its head fast in a box in which its feed was placed, and that in struggling to free itself it was killed; and he alleges that the injury was occasioned by the careless and negligent manner in which the stable was constructed. He also charges that defendant was…
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