106 USE OF HORSE BY THE BORROWER. 



benefited by the loan, (a) Where a party rode a horse gra- 

 tuitously at the owner's request, for the purpose of showing 

 him for sale, it was held that he was bound in so doing to 

 use such skill as he actually possessed. " The defendant," 

 Parke, B., observed, " was shown to be a person conversant 

 with horses, and was therefore bound to use such skill as a 

 person conversant with horses might reasonably be expected 

 to use ; if he did not, he is guilty of negligence." (6) 



(«) Shirley's L.C., CM. 200-205. 



(b) Wilson V. Brett, 1843, 11 M. and W. 113. 



