The duty of the bailee to the bailor arises out of contract and the bailor may elect between tort and contract in case of the violation of such duty.1 The bailor may treat the liability as contract liability;2 or he may treat it as a liability in tort,3 even if the bailee is an infant,4 or if the contract is unenforceable as being made on Sunday.5 The liability of the bailor to the bailee arises out of contract; and if the bailor is negligent in performance, an injury which the bailee thus sustains, may be treated by the bailee as a tort or a contract at his election.6 If a livery-stable keeper furnishes a dangerous horse to a customer his liability is in contract or tort, at the election of the injured party.7

2 Green v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 136 X. Car. 489, 103 Am. St. Rep. 955, 49 S. E. 165.

3 Reaves v. Western Union Telegraph Co., - S. Car. - , 96 S. E. 295.

4 Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Schrirer, 141 Fed. 538, 4 L. R. A. (N.S.) 678.

5 Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Schrirer. 141 Fed. 538, 4 L. R. A. (N.S.) 678.

1 Clancy v. Barker, 71 Neb. 83, 115 Am. St. Rep. 559, 69 L. R. A. 642, 98 N. W. 440, 103 N. W. 446.

2 Clancy v. Barker, 71 Neb. 83, 115 Am. St. Rep. 559, 69 L. R. A. 642, 98 N. W. 440,103 N. W. 446. [Contra, on same state of facts, Clancy V. Barker, 131 Fed. 161.]

3 Wood v. Virginia Hot Springs Co., 202 Pa. St. 40, 51 Atl. 586.

1 Hart v. Barnes, 24 Neb. 782, 40 N. W. 322; International Bank v. Monteath, 39 N. Y. 297; Farmers' Union Mercantile Co. v. Anderson, 108 S. Car. 66, 93 S. E. 422.

2 Prescott v. Ward, 92 Mass. (10 All.) 203; Farmers' Union Mercantile ' Co. v. Anderson, 108 S. Car. 66, 93 S. E. 422.

3 Costello v. Ten Eyck, 86 Mich. 348, 24 Am. St. Rep. 128, 49 N. W. 152; Freeman v. Boland, 14 R. I. 39.

4 Freeman v. Boland, 14 R. I. 39. .. 5 Costello v. Ten Eyck, 86 Mich. 348, 24 Am. St. Rep. 128, 49 N. W. 152.