Dyer v. People's Ice Co.

This is an action on the case to recover damages for injuries inflicted upon the plaintiff by a runaway horse belonging to the defendant. The defendant is, and at the time of the grievances complained of was, a domestic corporation engaged in the manufacturing business at Detroit. In such business it owned and kept at its stables a number of horses and wagons, among them a horse called the “Louie horse,” and a single ice delivery wagon, used in delivering ice to its customers in the city. The declaration alleged, and on the trial there was evidence tending to show, that it was well known to…