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wavS about twelve years old; he had marks of work about his 
limbs, and also had spavins, but he was yet fully equal to 
plenty of work, and was worth about 600 francs. 
Anxious fully to discharge the duty you had confided to me, 
I endeavoured to obtain satisfactory information respecting the 
usages relating to the hiring of horses; and the result is, that 
Doga has correctly stated the arrangements usually adopted ; 
namely, that, when a horse is hired by the month, he cannot be 
returned to the owner, and especially after the 15th, without 
paying either the entire month, or for the days that have elapsed 
since the 1st of the month, at the rate of six francs per day. It 
appears, however, that this usage is sometimes departed from, 
and especially where persons are constantly served ; and, in that 
case, the supplementary days are added to the usual monthly 
price. 
Finally, gentlemen, I terminated my inquiries by examining 
the books of Doga, that I might assure myself what were his 
arrangements with Peteau. It appeared from them, that, on 
the 6th of June, he had let two horses to Peteau, at the rate of 
150 francs per month ; but nothing was said of Peteau’s having- 
engaged to keep them for four or five months, as he affirmed to 
be the case. At the same time it is right to state, that the let¬ 
tings to all the employers of Doga are posted in the same way, 
by the month,although, with some of them, the transaction 
was evidently by the year. 
Deliberation. 
Considering on the one part, 1st, That it results from the de¬ 
position of both parties, and on examination of the books of the 
plaintiff, that on the 6th of June last Peteau hired from Doga 
a pair of carriage horses, at the rate of 150 francs per month ; 
2d, That nothing indicates, as Doga pretends, that Peteau 
engaged to keep them four or five months ; 
3d, That, when hired horses are returned in the middle of a 
month, it is usual to pay the hire of the whole month, or, if it is 
preferred, that of the days that have expired from the first of the 
month, and at the usual rate of daily hiring; 
Considering, on the other hand, that Peteau, when hiring this 
pair of horses from Doga, engaged to keep them, and have them 
taken care of by his own coachman, and that, consequently, the 
owner had not any one about the animals who represented him, 
or could take care of his interests; 
Considering, finally, 1st, That, on one side, it results from a 
certificate delivered by M. Jacquinot, veterinary surgeon at 
Montfort I’Amaury, that the horse that had its leg broken was 
not worth more than 200 francs ; 
