Quigley v. Adams Express Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 23, Oct. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1902, No. 3387, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Jerome J. Quigley v. Adams Express Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the bite of ahorse. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries resulting to the plaintiff from the bite of a horse belonging to the defendant. The horse was one of the team attached to a wagon backed up to a platform at a depot of the defendant, and in the language of the plaintiff’s statement of claim “ with the horses’ heads facing the sidewalk used by the general public.” It is averred in the statement that the defendant knew that the horse “ was accustomed to attack and bite mankind.” And in the plaintiff’s statement of the question involved, it is assumed that there was…
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