Stott v. Scott

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by the appellant to recover a horse which belonged to him and was alleged to be of the value of six hundred dollars.

The appellee alleged and proved that he was the keeper of a public stable in the city of San Antonio, kept exclusively as a racing and training stable, at which he boarded running and trotting horses and trained them for their owners. The appellant loaned the horse to one Freeman, to be used by him in the city of Houston, where the appellant resided, Freeman agreeing to pay for his feed. This was in August, 1884. Freeman…