Kingsley v. Standard Lumber Co.

Citations

• 84 Wash. 189
• 146 P. 369
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 765

Syllabus

<p>Bailment — Liability of Bailee — Negligence. Upon a bailment of a team of horses for hire, with a driver furnished by the owner, whom the bailee put at other work, the bailee is liable for negligence of his own driver in the handling of the horses.</p> <p>Bailment — Negligence—Burden of Proof — Presumptions. Evidence that horses, hired to a bailee, were in good condition at the time of the bailment, and that one was returned in bad condition and the other not at all, raises a presumption of negligence on the part of the bailee, and shifts the burden of proof, in an action by the owner to recover damages.</p>