Keenan v. William M. Lloyd Co.

Citations

• 236 Pa. 246
• 84 A. 694
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 742

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Animal — Vicious mare — Kick of horse.</p> <p>In an action against an employer to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by an employee caused by the kick of a mare, where the negligence alleged was the failure to warn the plaintiff that the mare was in the habit of kicking, binding instructions for the defendant are proper where the evidence shows that the mare had been owned by the defendant for three years, and during that time had been known to have kicked only once before, and then at another horse that came up behind her; and that the kick that caused the injury was not a vicious kick at a man, but a kick at a horse that was led close behind her when she was tied, and that tendency to kick under like circumstances was common to all mares.</p>