Levesque v. Dumont
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover damages for death of the plaintiff’s intestate..on account of alleged negligence on part of defendants. Action brought under R. S., 1903, Chap. 89, Secs. 9 and 10. Defendants pleaded general issue and also filed brief statement. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of five hundred dollars. Defendant filed motion for new trial and also exceptions to certain rulings of presiding Justice. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMadigan, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate, a child of nine years and two months, was struck by the defendant’s automobile, a Ford truck, sustaining injuries that rendered him unconscious, in which condition he remained until his death.
The accident happened on the fifth day of November on Lisbon street in the city of Lewiston. Standing at the curb on the right hand side of the street was a team, and coming up the street on the car tracks of the street railroad was a large covered truck wagon. From curb to curb the street was about forty-five feet wide. Going down the street the automobile came to the teams when…
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