HORSE LENT TO NEIGHBOUR
FARMER AWARDED £25
From Our Own Correspondent THAMES, Today. The loss of a horse owing to an injury received while on loan to a neighbour was the cause of a lengthy court case yesterday. The plaintiff was Donald McCaulay, and the defendant Harold Laing, Tehoe. The sum claimed was £ 30. McCaulay, in evidence, said that he lent defendant a heavy draught mare, which he valued at £3O, last November. In January he sent his son for the mare, but she was too lame to move. Later the mare was brought home on three legs. It was subsequently discovered that the mare had a broken fetlock joint, and had to be destroyed. Defendant denied knowledge of the mare’s injury, and said she had a “greasy heel.” He valued the animal at £8 10s. Mr. F. W. Platts, S.M., said plaintiff had lent his horse as a neighbourly kindness without charge. The plaintiff’s claim must succeed, and he gave judgment for £25, and costs £l2 Is
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 832, 28 November 1929, Page 16
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168HORSE LENT TO NEIGHBOUR Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 832, 28 November 1929, Page 16
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