Haywood v. Hamm
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries caused by a runaway borse, brought to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bishop, J.; verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The plaintiff while driving upon a city street was struck and injured by a runaway horse owned by the defendant. In his complaint he alleged that the horse had been carelessly left unhitched, though he had, and the defendant knew he had, a habit of running away. To prove this habit, he was allowed to introduce evidence of declarations made shortly after the accident by the defendant’s son, who had been in charge of the horse that day, and had left him standing in the street by the curbstone just before he ran away.
In this there was error. One authorized to drive another’s horse is not thereby…
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