Court Opinion

ID: 8075531
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 12:07:56.7421+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:38:16.226492
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff leased his sleigh to defendant Holscher. The servant of the latter left the horse and sleigh in the stable of defendants McDonald & Woodfield, who are copartners carrying on the livery stable business. The latter let out the sleigh to some one who destroyed it. Plaintiff demanded his sleigh of all the defendants. McDonald & Woodfield promised to have it repaired and return it to him, but failed to keep such promise.
Judgment was given, according to the record which must control here, in favor of the plaintiff against the defendants Holscher and McDonald. No judgment is given against Woodfield. Holscher does not appeal, so as to him the judgment must stand. Woodfield, however, as well as .McDonald, does appeal. Why Woodfield should appeal from a judgment not against himself does not appear. Nor can we see any reason why the court should have given judgment against McDonald, but not against his partner, Woodfield, who is equally liable. These are mysteries that can only be guessed at. The judgment as against McDonald is certainly right, and, as we have seen, Holscher does not appeal fr.om the judgment against himself.
The judgment, therefore, as to both of these defendants is affirmed, with costs against McDonald only, as Holscher does not join in the appeal. As to Woodfield, his appeal from a judgment against the other defendants, but not against himself, must be dismissed, with $10 costs and disbursements.