Woodcock's Admr. v. Hallock

The defendant’s stallion escaped from his stable and ran down the road to the Woodcock place, the next farm to the south. He was there discovered by Floyd Woodcock, trying to get through the fence into the pasture where the Woodcock horse was. Alrnon Woodcock, the father of Floyd, was then at work in the garden on the other side of the house. Floyd called to him to come and help drive the stallion back home. He responded to the call, stepping into the barn and getting a pitchfork as he came, and the two men turned the stallion and started him back up the road towards home. This done, Almon…