Neal v. Rendall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Case for personal injuries. The terms of the report, amounting practically to an agreed statement of facts, were as follows: This was an action on the case for negligence. The case was opened to a jury. The testimony showed that the plaintiff, sixty-eight years of age, was riding in a carriage with her husband. The husband, who was seventy-two years of age, was driving.
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On report. Case for personal injuries. The terms of the report, amounting practically to an agreed statement of facts, were as follows: This was an action on the case for negligence. The case was opened to a jury. The testimony showed that the plaintiff, sixty-eight years of age, was riding in a carriage with her husband. The husband, who was seventy-two years of age, was driving. At the time of the collision which resulted in the injuries complained of, they were traveling south on Turner Street in Auburn, at a reasonable rate of speed, and on the right of the middle of the traveled part of…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
Action on the case for negligence. As the plaintiff was traveling south on Turner Street, Auburn, in a carriage driven by her husband, at a reasonable rate of speed, and on’the right of the middle of the traveled part of the road, they met the defendant, who, in a proper team, was traveling north on the same street at a walk. The traveled part of the street at this point was from 46 to 50 feet in width. Both teams were on the west of the middle part of the traveled way, and the team of the defendant was nearer the middle. Just as the teams were about to meet and pass each other, the horse…
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