The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-19
SNAP AND GINGER
GET INTO COURT
William S. ROmney Is Suing L.
VI. Erickson as Result Of
Horse Deal.
SNAP IS APPARENTLY
LIVING Up TO NAME
Ginger Gets Into Action Through
COunter-CIaim of De-
fendant.

"Snap'i and ..Ginger" are the pic.
turesque names Of TWO borSes wnose
manners, temperament, demeanor, be-
havior and few other similar charac-
;eristics form the burden OF the plant
in z case that reached the third dis
trict court Wednesday on appeal by
the defcndant from Justice of the
Peace Dana T. Smith s tribunal. Judg.
ing from the claims and couuterclaims
of the plaintiff and the defendant. these
horses are, for one thing, possessed Of
a decidedly dual nature, and, for an.
other, are decidedly like human beings
in many respects.
The plaintiff is William S. Romuey
and the defendant l.. NJ. Erickson. Rom
ney SAYS that on or about April %, this
year, Erickson sold him, for $3.50, Ger.
Snap for family use. According
TO Erickson, Romney SAYS, "Snap' was
sound, quiet, gentle, safe, kind and
trusty, and a few other like things, but
If Bomncy's complaint IS TO be be-
lieved 'ISnap" was far from being
any one Of these things. The name Of
Snap was more than justified.
Snap not only could not be safely
driven by children and women, but was
not trusty, gentle or safe; was possessed
of an inherent mcanncSs and vicious
H'Sc, anu NNuAR MIN W ''''' '''-
band.
In support OF these contentious, Rom
ney sets forth that on or about May ,,
1908, while he was driving Snap, at.
tached to has new surrey. upon one of
the public streets Of the city, the horse,
without any apparent reasons, sudden
" stopped and began to kick viciously
with both hind feet over the dash
board. In consequence the dashboard
1az -. .ba ~,
tiff was considerably pcrturbed, if not
actually alarmed
Has Another Spell.
Again. on May Il, while the plain.
tiff was showing ''Snap' and mis- new
apparent reason, but because of his in
herent meannesS and viciousnesS,
" Snap stopped and gave another
kicking exhibition. again demolishing
the inoffcnsive dashboard and driving
the occupants of the surrey 10 the
ground. This time the crossbar sup
porting the single-tree was splintered.
Satisfied of the mean and vicious
character of the horse, Romney re-
turned "Snap" to Erickson and de-
Inanded his money back. Erickson ro-
mauding $3.50. with interest from the
date of the sale, aud Sl2 damages to
the surrey.
Erickson answered, in which lie set
forth that Romney had subjected
SNAP" TO every known and unknown
test. by which he satisfied himself that
the horse was what he wanted. before
The sale was consummated. BY way
Of c6uDterclaim, Erickson rccitcd that
on May 10 Romnev had borrowed from
him horse commonly called "Giu-
GER sound. fat and in good condi-
lion, under the expressed agreement to
cake good care Of the animal and re.
turn him TO the defendant in good CON
dition, but that Romney had returned
- Ginger much the worse for wear,
July .. Erickson said the horse was
worth $3.50 when he turned him over
20 Romney. but Romncy's attorney,
when the animal was returned TO Erick
son. appraised him as not being worth
more than S25. Erickson asked judp.
ment for 1925 and that the case he dis
missed
Justice Smith apparently viewed the
matter differently, however, for he gave
RnmDey judgment for S267.25 and
$3.50 costs, 50 more than Romnev
asked for. Then Erickson appealed. his
appeal reaching the district court
Wednesday.