Supreme Court of Iowa July 27, 1871 (Chamberlin v. Cobb)

Day, Ch. J.

Upon the trial the court instructed tl £ jury as follows: “If you find that in the fall of 1867 the plaintiff was the owner of the mare in question, and find that the plaintiff had no use for said mare during the then following winter; and find that the plaintiff, to avoid the expense of keeping said mare during said winter, requested the defendant to take the said mare and do his