Willis v. Providence Telegram Publishing Co.

We do not think the plaintiff’s declaration shows that she was guilty of contributory negligence, or that the alleged negligence of the defendant was not the proximate cause of the injury complained of.

The first count of the declaration sets out that the plaintiff’s team was standing on the easterly side of Weybosset street, and that the defendant so carelessly managed and controlled its horse and wagon that the same collided with the plaintiff’s wagon, demolishing it and frightening the horse attached thereto, and that the plaintiff, who took hold of the reins near the head of her horse to…