Peer v. Ryan

The defendant was owner of a stallion by which a valuable mare belonging to the plaintiff was served. The plaintiff claims that the mare was fatally injured in the operation through the entry of the rectum, and that this occurred by the negligence of defendant’s groom, and he sues to recover her value.

After proving the injury the plaintiff, to show negligence, put upon the stand a man who testified to having had very long experience as owner and manager of stallions, and asked him whether, under the circumstances, if the service had been properly performed such an injury could have been…