280 ESSENTIALS OF VETERINARY LAW 
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, 30 Farkas v. Powell, 86 Ga. 
81 Ala. 147; Johnson v. Miller, 800; 12 L. R. A. 397; Rankin 
16 Ohio, 431; Dunham v. Lee, v. Shepherdson, 89 Ill. 445. 
24 Vt. 432. 
