Levick v. Norton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Scike facias; brought to the District Court of Waterbury. The plaintiff had recovered a judgment in that court against one Mansfield for $292.50 damages and $37.84 costs of suit, under the statute (Gen. Statutes, tit. 16, ch. 7, secs. 20, 21, as amended by Acts of 1875, ch. 7,) which provides that “ when the drivers of any vehicles for the conveyance of persons shall meet each other on the public highway, each shall turn to the right and slacken liis pace so as to give half…
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Scike facias; brought to the District Court of Waterbury. The plaintiff had recovered a judgment in that court against one Mansfield for $292.50 damages and $37.84 costs of suit, under the statute (Gen. Statutes, tit. 16, ch. 7, secs. 20, 21, as amended by Acts of 1875, ch. 7,) which provides that “ when the drivers of any vehicles for the conveyance of persons shall meet each other on the public highway, each shall turn to the right and slacken liis pace so as to give half the travelled path, if practicable, and a fair and equal opportunity to pass, to the other,” with a forfeiture to the…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The statute (Gen. Statutes, p. 234, secs. 20, 21,) and acts of 1875, chap. 7, provide in effect that when the drivers of any vehicles for the conveyance of persons shall meet each other in the public highway, each shall turn to the right and slacken his pace so as to give half of the travelled path, if practicable, and a fair and equal opportunity to pass, to the other ; and that every driver of any such vehicle who shall, by neglecting to conform to this requirement, drive against another vehicle and injure its owner or any person in it, or the property of any person, shall pay to the person…
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