Andrews v. Dougherty
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for negligently driving an automobile into and upon several of the plaintiff’s cows upon the highway and injuring them, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Booth, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $235, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The assignments of error in the appeal which are pursued by the defendant in brief and argument are for the refusal to charge in accordance with defendant’s requests and in the charge as made in three particulars.
The plaintiff offered evidence to prove: that he sent two boys, each about fifteen years old and experienced and competent for such work, to drive a herd of twelve cattle along the main thoroughfare leading from Danbury to Newtown. Upon this highway is a steep grade known as Lake’s Hill, at the top of which the road turns sharply to the right and prevents the view of those ascending…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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