Lombard v. Chaplin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by defendant. Exceptions sustained. Case for personal injuries which the plaintiff alleged she sustained while driving upon a public street, April 22, 1902, in the City of Portland, by reason of the defendant’s negligence in the operation of his automobile. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff and assessed the damages at six hundred dollars.
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On motion and exceptions by defendant. Exceptions sustained. Case for personal injuries which the plaintiff alleged she sustained while driving upon a public street, April 22, 1902, in the City of Portland, by reason of the defendant’s negligence in the operation of his automobile. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff and assessed the damages at six hundred dollars. After the verdict the defendant, besides the usual motion for a new trial, excepted to the rulings of the presiding justice in refusing to admit in evidence, upon defendant’s request, a certain letter in the plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages of the defendant for alleged negligence on his part in running and operating the automobile, in which he was riding, so carelessly that the horse which the plaintiff was driving became frightened and ran away, throwing the plaintiff from her carriage and causing her to be injured. The case comes up on motion and exceptions by the defendant, but, as the exceptions must be sustained, it becomes unnecessary to consider the motion.
It appeared from the development of the evidence in the case that the defendant had written a letter…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dole v. WooldredgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Barry v. DavisMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by3 opinions
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- State v. BrodtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Tobey v. QuickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1953