Fletcher v. Dixon
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County (Lloyd, J.), where there, was a judgment for the plaintiff for $3,ooo.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County (Lloyd, J.), where there, was a judgment for the plaintiff for $3,ooo. Plaintiff's 6th Prayer. — If the jury find that the plaintiff was driving her horse on High street in the town of Cambridge, and was using due care and caution, the defendant approached in an automobile from the opposite direction, driving the automobile along or near the middle of the street; and shall further find that the defendant, by the exercise of reasonable care and diligence could have seen that the horse driven by said plaintiff was frightened by the approach of…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, C. J.
This is a suit by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of her horse running away and throwing her out of her carriage and damaging the latter, caused by the alleged negligence of the appellant in operating an automobile on the public streets of Cambridge. There are ten counts in the declaration — five of which are for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, and the other five for damages to her carriage.
Each count was demurred to and the demurrers overruled, and there was also a motion to strike out each of the first…
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