Hull v. Douglass
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by a vicious bull of the defendant which had been knowingly allowed to trespass in the inclosure of the plaintiff’s father, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Har ven County and tried to the jury before Ullman, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $600, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by a vicious bull of the defendant which had been knowingly allowed to trespass in the inclosure of the plaintiff’s father, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Har ven County and tried to the jury before Ullman, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $600, and appeal by the defendant. The complaint alleges, in substance, that on August 8th, 1905, the defendant owned and for a long time prior thereto had owned a large bull of vicious disposition, accustomed to attack men and do mischief ; that on said day and for a week…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The trial court in denying the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit exercised a discretion which cannot be reviewed upon appeal. General Statutes, § § 761, 762; Bennett v. Agricultural Ins. Co., 51 Conn. 504, 512.
We find nothing in the record to justify the suspicion that the jury were influenced by prejudice, corruption, or partiality; on the contrary, it seems too plain for argument that any jury, having heard the testimony reported to us and considered it in connection with an appropriate charge of the court, might reasonably and properly reach the conclusions of fact certified by the verdict…
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