90 IIOIISK WAKKANTY, 



CIIArTEH VI. 



THE RIGHTS AND LIAUILITIES t)F INNKEEPERS, 

 LIVERY STA BEEKEEPERS, AND OTHERS IN RE- 

 LATION TO HORSES. 



The oLject of this work being more pai-ticularly 

 to explain the laws and rules relating to hoi-ses, it 

 is not proposed to enter minutely into the laws 

 generally regvdating inns and mews, but to show 

 where innkeepers and others are required to pro- 

 vide for guests' hoi-ses, and the liabilities they 

 incur respecting sucli horses generally ; also, what 

 rights innkeepers and others have over the horses 

 of guests and customers in their .«;tal)les or fields. 

 Definition First let us consider, AVho may be said to be an 

 nioiHnn-" innkeeper? "Every person who makes it his 

 ket-pcr. business to entertain travellers and passengers, and 

 pro^Ndde lodgings and necessaries for them and 

 their horses and attendants, is a common inn- 

 keeper ; and it is in no way material whether he 

 liavi' any sign before his door t)r not " (a). But a 

 jtcrson who merely opens a house for the sale of 

 l)rovisions and refreshments and dues nut jirofess 



{a) Bacon's Al.r. Inns. 13. ; I\irf.rr v. J-'liiil, 12 Mod. 2.'.r). 



