CHAPTER X. 



BAILMENT. 



§ 220. Definition. § 231. Actions for Liability of 

 § 221. Bailment a Contract. Bailee. 



§ 222. BaUer May Not Be § 232. Conversion. 



Owner. § 233. Liens. 



§ 223. Bailment Implies Knowl- § -34- General Liens. 



edge of the Bailee. § -^^- Agister's Lien. 



§ 224. Care Kequired of Bailee. § f'' ^^^^^.^ ^ ?^^^°- , 

 ^ . ^ § 237. Priority of Eight. 



§ 225. Ordinary Care. | ,3g_ ^.^^^ ^^ g^^^^ 



§ 226. Duty of Bailor. g ^39. Estrays and Trespassing 

 § 227. Liability of Bailee. Animals. 



§ 228. Warranty of Bailor. § 040. Waiver of Lien. 



§ 229. Bailment, Sale, or Gift. § 24I. Illegal Sale by Bailee. 



§ 230. Bailee 's Eight to Use § 242. Lien Once Lost Can Not 

 Property Bailed. Be Eevived. 



220. Definition. The term "bailment" is held 

 to include that large variety of cases in which 

 the personal property of one person is left tempo- 

 rarily in the charge of another. The law of bail- 

 ment is therefore involved in a large proportion 

 of the cases arising in disputes over the handling 

 and care of animals. The livery man is a bailor 

 when he rents out one of his teams; and he is a 

 bailee when he takes the horse of another to feed. 

 The veterinarian is a bailee when he assumes the 

 care of an animal sick either on the owner 's prem- 

 ises, or in the veterinary hospital. The owner of 

 a pasture is a bailee when he takes the stock of a 

 neighbor to agist, and the blacksmith is a bailee 

 when he shoes an animal. The owner of a stallion 



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