Stanley v. Steele
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of tbe defendant, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, George W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $750, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $750, for injuries received by her from the overturning of a carriage hired of the defendant. The amended complaint alleges that the defendant was a livery-stable keeper; that he let to the plaintiff a carriage and a pair of horses with a driver; that the carriage and its appliances were defective, in that the pole, neck-yoke and pole-straps were of insufficient strength, and out of repair, and that the driver was incompetent; that the neck-yoke became detached from the collar of one of the horses» and the driver…
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- Hadley v. CrossSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
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