Savoy v. McLeod
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion by the defendant. This is an action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the negligence of the defendant. The accident occurred on the 22d day of September, 1912, on Center Street, in the City of Bangor.
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On motion by the defendant. This is an action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the negligence of the defendant. The accident occurred on the 22d day of September, 1912, on Center Street, in the City of Bangor. The plaintiff claimed that while riding in a carriage on said street, the defendant, riding on and along said street in an automobile, ran into and against the carriage in which she was riding, overturning the same and throwing her out of said carriage on to the ground, causing the injuries complained of. The defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
It would be of little avail to analyze the testimony in this case on the question of liability. The report shows that there was ample room for the defendant to have guided his machine safely past the team in which the plaintiff was riding, had he been paying proper attention to the rights of the team.
In view of the accidents and tragedies that are daily occurring in the operation of automobiles, the present case seems an available opportunity for a statement of the familiar rules of law with more definite application than has yet been announced in this State, to the duty of persons who…
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