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A bailee, as bailee, could give no lawful title.-® 

 Or the bailor may recover a fair market value for 

 the articles converted, or if they be sold for a 

 greater price he may recover all that has been 

 received. It has been held, relative to horses that 

 have been hired out for driving, that a willful and 

 intentional deviation from the ordinary line of 

 travel is an act of conversion,^^ entitling the owner 

 to recover therefor in addition to the ordinary 

 hire. On the other hand, it has been held that if 

 an animal did not receive his injury while being 

 driven outside the limits of the hiring, the bailee 

 could not be held for conversion.^^ 



233. Liens. The keeping of many articles re- 

 quires no expense, and but little care. The keep- 

 ing of animals implies constant care and expense. 

 It is therefore usual that the contract provide for 

 compensation for the care and feeding of the ani- 

 mals. The compensation may be in the nature of 

 use, as where the oxen are loaned to a neighbor; 

 or where sheep are left with a bailee for their 

 board, under the understanding that the agister 

 is to have the increase and the wool. When it is 

 provided that the bailor is to pay the bailee for 

 the keep, it is frequently provided either by spe- 

 cial contract or by statute that the bailee shall 

 have a lien upon the stock for the payment due. 

 Such a right has been sometimes recognized in the 

 common law, but present usage is not favorable to 



28 Lovejoy v. Jones, 30 N. H. 29 Spooner v. Manchester, 133 



164; Calhoon v. Thompson, 56 Mass. 270. 



Ala. 166 ; Medlin v. Wilkinson, so Farkas v. Powell, 86 Ga. 



81 Ala. 147; Johnson v. Miller, 800; 12 L. E. A. 397; Rankin 



16 Ohio, 431; Dunham v. Lee, v. Shepherdson, 89 111. 445. 

 24 Vt. 432. 



