Marshall v. Bahnsen

Bahnsen, a veterinary surgeon, residing at Americus, at the request of Dunn, the plaintiff in error’s intestate, went to Bronwood, a distance of some thirty miles,- and made an “examination for soundness” of two ears of mules, fifty-four head. There was no express contract, and Bahnsen sued for the service at the Tate of $5 per head. .Dunn denied the reasonableness of the charge made, and tendered $35 as being sufficient. Less than a day’s time was consumed in making the examination; however, it is fair to the plaintiff to say that the evidence showed that he was very expert in his line of…