Parker v. Latner
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report from the superior court for this county. Case in tort, to recover damages to the plaintiff*s horse and carriage, by the careless, negligent, and unskilful driving of the defendant, while in possession of them under a contract for a pleasure drive on Sunday, to the Atlantic House, Scarborough, the injury complained of having occurred on Sunday, during such drive.
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On report from the superior court for this county. Case in tort, to recover damages to the plaintiff*s horse and carriage, by the careless, negligent, and unskilful driving of the defendant, while in possession of them under a contract for a pleasure drive on Sunday, to the Atlantic House, Scarborough, the injury complained of having occurred on Sunday, during such drive. The substantive allegations in the declaration were: For that the said defendant, at said Portland, on the twenty-fifth day of June, a. d. 1871, being in the lawful possession of the plaintiff’s horse, carriage, and harness,…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
This is an action of the case to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s horse and carriage, arising from the defendant’s negligent and careless driving.
The plaintiff let his horse and carriage to the defendant, on Sunday, for a pleasure drive to the Atlantic House in Scarborough. The injuries complained of arose during such drive.
A contract made on Sunday, for hiring horses on a pleasure ex*530cursion on that clay, is void. Burrill v. Smith, 2 Miles, 402. A person traveling on the Lord’s day,- neither from necessity nor charity, cannot maintain an action against a town for an injury…
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