Loomis v. Besse
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wash-burn county: EeaNK A. Ross, Circuit Judge. On June 7, 1909, C. A. L. Loomis was the owner of a two-year-old stallion which was on a farm then rented by the plaintiff, W. 3. Loomis. The plaintiff also owned a male colt which was being kept in the same pasture, as -were several other colts and horses.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wash-burn county: EeaNK A. Ross, Circuit Judge. On June 7, 1909, C. A. L. Loomis was the owner of a two-year-old stallion which was on a farm then rented by the plaintiff, W. 3. Loomis. The plaintiff also owned a male colt which was being kept in the same pasture, as -were several other colts and horses. On the day in question C. A. L. Loomis met the defendant Besse, who was a veterinary surgeon, at the village of Barronett and informed him that he desired to have his colt castrated; that he could not accompany Besse to the place where the colt…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
The faux fas committed by defendant was the result of a tragedy of errors for which plaintiff is in no sense responsible, and against which his colt in all probability protested as vigorously as it knew how. The latter would no doubt have invoked the application of the laissez fairs doctrine had it been able to make itself understood. Its failure to do so has changed the course of its sphere of usefulness, and instead of leading a life of comparative ease it is hopelessly condemned to lead one of toil and burden. The appellant seems to have a well grounded suspicion that blundering was…
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