Court Opinion

ID: 7386338
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 00:20:10.528757+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:21:32.815023
License: Public Domain

PeaRSON, C. J.
It is not necessary for us to enquire, whether, if one borrows a horse, and it is injured so that it cannot be returned in as good condition as when received, the onus of proving how the injury occurred, is upon the bailor or bailee; for admitting that, as the bailment was for the benefit of the bailee alone, she was liable for slight neglect; and admitting also, that the onus of exculpation, by disproving any degree of neglect on her part, was on the defendant, we concur with his Honor, that upon the state of the facts, assumed, she was not guilty of even slight neglect, as the damage was the effect of a mere accident.
PeR CueiaM, Judgment affirmed.