Broschart v. Tuttle
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action” to recover for the loss of a horse killed by the negligence of the defendant in a collision upon the highway; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Andrews, J. The declaratory part of the complaint was as follows :— 1. On the 14th day of January, 1884, the plaintiff was driving a mare attached to a sleigh, along a highway known as the Boulevard, and leading into New Haven from Ham-den. 2. Said sleigh and mare were then the…
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Action” to recover for the loss of a horse killed by the negligence of the defendant in a collision upon the highway; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Andrews, J. The declaratory part of the complaint was as follows :— 1. On the 14th day of January, 1884, the plaintiff was driving a mare attached to a sleigh, along a highway known as the Boulevard, and leading into New Haven from Ham-den. 2. Said sleigh and mare were then the property of the plaintiff. 3. The mare was sound, well broken, gentle, of great speed, and of great value. 4. On said 14th…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is an action to recover damages for the loss of a horse, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in so driving and managing his horse and sleigh as to come into collision, with the plaintiff’s horse and sleigh, while the parties were driving in opposite directions along a street in the city of New Haven. The case was tried to the jury and resulted in a verdict of seven hundred dollars in favor of the plaintiff, and thereupon the plaintiff filed a motion that he be awarded treble damages pursuant to the statute, which was overruled by the court. Both parties have appealed to…
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