13 Johns. 211
Decided May 15, 1816
New York Supreme Court · decided 1816-05-15
<p>Any damage befalling a chattel while it the hands of a bailee, without his misconduct» and while the chattel is employed in the use for which0 It was bailed» must beaustained by the bailor. So, if a horse be. hired to go a journey, and during the due prosecution o? the journey, without any ill treatment by the hirer, become lame, the hirer is not answerable fair</p>
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Decided 1816-05-15
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently December 1906
4 state decisions
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¶1Millón being a bailee for hire, and chargeable with no ill treatment, and having employed the horse to no other-use than that which was expressly agreed on, and paid for, he is not liable for such an injury as the plaintiff below complains’ pf-
¶2As to all accidents naturally incident to the use of the horse, in the manner contracted for, the law imposes the risk on the bailor. Injustice has been done, and the judgment ought to he reversed.
¶3Judgment reversed.