McDonough v. Miller
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for breach of an agreement to take proper care of a horse. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Wilkinson, J., it appeared that the plaintiff was the owner and driver of a hackney coach and a pair of horses; that the defendant owned and kept a stable for the care of carriages, and for feeding, stabling, grooming and taking care of horses; that for $14 a week the defendant agreed to take care of the plaintiff’s coach, and to feed, stable, groom and take care of…
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Contract for breach of an agreement to take proper care of a horse. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Wilkinson, J., it appeared that the plaintiff was the owner and driver of a hackney coach and a pair of horses; that the defendant owned and kept a stable for the care of carriages, and for feeding, stabling, grooming and taking care of horses; that for $14 a week the defendant agreed to take care of the plaintiff’s coach, and to feed, stable, groom and take care of his horses while they were not in use; that on a certain Saturday the plaintiff took the horses out of the stable, and,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The presiding judge, having given a correct instruction to the jury, which covered the whole case, was not bound to instruct them further as to the effect of a part of the *96evidence. Bailey v. Bailey, 97 Mass. 373. Howe v. Howe, 99 Mass. 88. Littlefield v. Huntress, 106 Mass. 121.
Exceptions overruled.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bailey v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Howe v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Littlefield v. HuntressMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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- Vine v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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