Fifield's Admrx. v. Town of Rochester
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1914, Windsor County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This is an action on the case, brought by the administratrix for the benefit of the widow and next of kin, by reason of the death of William Pitt Fifield, the intestate, who died December 15, 1913, from the result of injuries received by being thrown from a load of hay, while traveling on an open public highway in the town of Rochester, on the eleventh day of the same month.
The intestate at the time of his injury was fifty-nine years of age, had resided in this State eleven years, was a farmer, and a hard working industrious man. Some years ago when living in the State of New York, he had the…
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