A TROTTING HORSE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1923, Page 8

A TROTTING HORSE

DAMAGES AWARDED FOR. DETENTION.

Litigation regarding the trotting horse, Lady Logan Berry, occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Salmond at the Supreme Court to-day. The owner of the horse, Joseph George Holland, claimed the sum of £50 as damages from John Patrick Daly in connection with the lease of the animal.

It was explained^by Mr. C. A. L. Treadwell, who ■• appeared for the plaintiff, that both the parties were raceho^o owners. By an agreement, the defendant agreed to lease the animal for two years from 6th June, 1921. At the end of that period, in spite of letters sent to Daly by the plaintiff, the horse was not returned, and it was not returned until .18th' Sept&tnber, 1923: Plaintiff had been put to a good deal of inconvenience, as there were several race meetings at which the horse could have been a competitor. Council explained that at the time of the lease there had been some arrangement between the parties as to a share,in the winnings of the horse, but mystery had enshrouded that part of the contract. In the meantime, however, it was only intended to apply for damages for "detention. The action was not defended, and after hearing evidence his Honour gave judgment for the amount claimed.