Trout Brook Ice & Feed Co. v. Hartford Electric Light Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to a pair of horses alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant in driving an electric automobile, brought to and heard in damages by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Coats, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $325, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
A hotel omnibus, to which a pair of the plaintiff’s horses were harnessed, was backed to the curb in front of the hotel entrance. The omnibus was thus placed at right angles with the curb line. The horses were turned so that they stood lengthwise of the street. The driver left the horses so standing, unhitched and unattended, to step across the sidewalk and within the hotel entrance to announce the departure of the omnibus for the railway station. This done, he immediately turned to go back to the horses, when the defendant’s automobile, which was being propelled along the street, approached,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shepard v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Taylor v. KeelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- Porter v. AdamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923