Does the doctrine of scienter apply to a horse?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bohl v. Peterson, 1949 CanLII 137 (SK QB):
Similarly Cox v. Burbidge (1863) 13 CB (NS) 430, 32 LJCP 89, 143 ER 171, does not apply as it dealt with a vicious horse which kicked, and so scienter became a factor.
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