{ "id": 2421498, "name": "John A. Burlingame v. Walter J. Horne", "name_abbreviation": "Burlingame v. Horne", "decision_date": "1889-03-13", "docket_number": "", "first_page": "330", "last_page": "333", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "30 Ill. App. 330" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.", "id": 8837, "name": "Illinois Appellate Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 29, "name_long": "Illinois", "name": "Ill." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "62 Ill. 59", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2606244 ], "opinion_index": -1, "case_paths": [ "/ill/62/0059-01" ] }, { "cite": "44 Ill. 416", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 5224388 ], "opinion_index": -1, "case_paths": [ "/ill/44/0416-01" ] }, { "cite": "37 Ill. 250", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 5292048 ], "opinion_index": -1, "case_paths": [ "/ill/37/0250-01" ] }, { "cite": "61 Ill. 191", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2461075 ], "opinion_index": -1, "case_paths": [ "/ill/61/0191-01" ] }, { "cite": "44 Ill. 225", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 5223192 ], "opinion_index": -1, "case_paths": [ "/ill/44/0225-01" ] }, { "cite": "38 Ill. 96", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 428278 ], "opinion_index": -1, "case_paths": [ "/ill/38/0096-01" ] }, { "cite": "62 Ill. 59", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ill.", "case_ids": [ 2606244 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ill/62/0059-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 377, "char_count": 5349, "ocr_confidence": 0.504, "pagerank": { "raw": 4.8172472706271035e-08, "percentile": 0.30247593585571975 }, "sha256": "55a853b3da759ae63f25182744875719465d507f4fd3e493ac669c028c2e0f65", "simhash": "1:3886d918106ad040", "word_count": 953 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T17:02:08.632983+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "John A. Burlingame v. Walter J. Horne." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "Gary, J.\nIn this case the court is not asked to overrule the doctrine of the Supreme Court in Funkhouser v. Wagner, 62 Ill. 59, that the burden is on the bailee of an animal received in good and returned in bad condition, to show how the change happened, but it is asked to review the evidence and reverse the finding of the Circuit Court upon the facts.\nThe most favorable view for the appellant of the facts is that he don\u2019t know how it happened; but if his conjecture on the matter is correct, he, in that particular, was not in fault.\nJudgment affirmed.", "type": "majority", "author": "Gary, J." } ], "attorneys": [ "Messrs. Cutting, Austin & Higgins, for appellant.", "Messrs. Cratty Bros. & Ashcraft, for appellee." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "John A. Burlingame v. Walter J. Horne.\nBailm en is\u2014Horses\u2014ATeg ligen ee\u2014Action, for Dam ages.\nThe burden is on the bailee of an animal received in good and returned in bad condition, to account for the damage.\n[Opinion filed March 13, 1889.]\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding.\nMessrs. Cutting, Austin & Higgins, for appellant.\nThe injury complained of is the breeding of one of Dr. Horne\u2019s mares to a stallion, while she was in Burlingame\u2019s care. It is conceded by all parties that Burlingame was a bailee for hire, and that the transaction entered into at the request of Horne was for the mutual benefit of the parties. We presume that the measure of Burlingame\u2019s duty in the premises will be conceded to be that of an agister, as defined by the courts of Illinois. In the case of Umlauf v. Bassett, 38 Ill. 96, where plaintiff sought to recover the value of a mare and colt which escaped from defendant\u2019s pasture, the court says: \u201c Agisters of cattle are only bound to the exercise of ordinary \u2022 care, and the record shows\u2019\" no want of this on the part of Bassett.\u201d In the case of Halty v. Markel, 44 Ill. 225, the court says, in speaking of a case where damages are sought for the death of a colt, alleged to have been killed through the negligence of the agister: \u201c Under the contract of bailment, appellant -was bound to exercise reasonable care and diligence for the safety of the colt. Story in his treatise on Bailment, Sec. 443, says, it has been decided that agisters of cattle are within the general rule. They do not insure the safety of the cattle agisted, but they are merely responsible for ordinary negligence. That it will be such negligence if an agister or his servants leave open the gates of his ,fields, and the cattle, in consequence of such neglect, stray away and are stolen, and he will be responsible for the loss. This, then, imposed upon appellant the duty of exercising ordinary care, by himself and his servants. If he has failed in this he is liable; if not, then the loss must fall upon appellee.\u201d\nIt is not contended that there was any contract for extraordinary care, although the words \u201cfirst class\u201d and \u201cexcellent\u201d are used by Dr. Horne in detailing conversations with Burlingame. Horne gave directions as to the manner in which the mares were to be treated, and in no respect were his instructions violated.\nIf special or extraordinary care was desired it should have been contracted for, and any habits or propensities of the animals against which he desired to guard should have been explained to Burlingame. A case exactly in point is Mansfield v. Cole, 61 Ill. 191, where the court says that the agister was \u201c only bound to exercise ordinary care,\u201d and adds that as the owner of the horse knew he was \u201c breachy \u201d before putting him to pasture, he should have contracted for special and extraordinary care on that account, if he desired more than the usual attention bestowed upon his animal.\nMessrs. Cratty Bros. & Ashcraft, for appellee.\nFrom the record it appears that, in June, 1886, appellee was the owner of a pair of matched mares, worth from $1,200 to $1,500, used by him as a driving team; that appellant was the owner or in possession of a farm near Palatine, Illinois, where he made a specialty of boarding and caring for horses from Chicago, especially gentlemen\u2019s road horses; that, on June 16, 1886, appellee, being about to take a trip to Europe for the summer, sent his team to appellant\u2019s place to be cared for during his absence, where they remained until September 10 th of that year.\nThe evidence is conclusive, that, while these mares were in appellant\u2019s possession, one of them became with foal, and was delivered of a colt July 13, 1887. That by reason of her getting with foal appellee lost the use of the mare for nearly a year, and that breeding her resulted in pulling her down, stopped her growth, etc., so that she does not match the other mare, causing a damage to appellee of at least $400, all of which was disclaimed except $200, for which suit was brought in justice\u2019s court, where judgment was rend\u00e9red against appellant for the full amount, which was affirmed, on appeal, in the Circuit Court. It appears, from the evidence, that appellant was advised of the value of this team before receiving it, and contracted to give it extra care, for which he charged and received a tirst-class price.\nWhen property is placed in the hands of a bailee, in good condition, and returned in a damaged condition, the law will presume negligence on the part of the latter, and impose upon him the burden of showing that he exercised such care as was required by the bailment. Bennett v. O\u2019Brien, 37 Ill. 250; Cumins v. Wood, 44 Ill. 416; Funkhouser v. Wagner, 62 Ill. 59." }, "file_name": "0330-01", "first_page_order": 326, "last_page_order": 329 }