Lynn v. Hooper
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Motion by Dependant. This was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries which he received September 19, 1896, while traveling upon the public highway, along the defendant’s premises in. the town of Hermon.
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On Motion by Dependant. This was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries which he received September 19, 1896, while traveling upon the public highway, along the defendant’s premises in. the town of Hermon. The plaintiff’s injuries were caused by his horse becoming frightened by a white cloth cap placed by the defendant over a bunch of hay which she had placed within the limits of the highway, near the traveled part, and allowed to remain there for several days. The corners of the white cloth cap were fastened with ropes to four stakes driven in the…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Action for personal injuries occasioned by an alleged nuisance. The plaintiff claims that while traveling upon the highway adjacent to the defendant’s land, his horse became frightened by a hay cap placed by the defendant over a bunch of her hay standing upon or near the highway, and that the horse bolted against a fence on the opposite side of the road, whereby the plaintiff was thrown out of his wagon and sustained the injuries complained of. The verdict was for the plaintiff. The defendant asks us to set the verdict aside as being contrary to the law and the evidence. Several issues of…
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