Case Name: Bradley H. Thompson vs. Edward Shaw
Court: Michigan Court of Nisi Prius
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1877
Citations: 1 Howell N.P. 262
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bradley H. Thompson vs. Edward Shaw.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan nisi prius cases, decided by the state and federal courts in Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 262–263

Head Matter:
Bradley H. Thompson vs. Edward Shaw.
Trover — Sunday Hiring — Necessity.
Plaintiff kept a livery stable in Detroit. Defendant hired a horse of plaintiff on Sunday. Plaintiff testified that defendant said that he was going to a funeral. Defendant testified that he hired the horse till 6 p.m., and that the funeral was but incidentally involved in the transaction.
Defendant took a ride up to Grosse Pointe. On his return, while the lady with him was driving, the horse stepped through a defective bridgeway, and received injuries which caused its death.

Opinion:
The Court,
Walker, J.,
charged the jury, saying (among other things) that if defendant hired the horse to take him to a funeral, and went elsewhere, it was a conversion, and plaintiff is entitled to a verdict for the value of the horse. Attending a funeral on Sunday is in harmony with the statute allowing -works of necessity and mercy to be done on Sunday.
(A. D., 1868.)