Luce v. Hassam
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for personal injuries. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1903, Windsor County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Case for personal injuries. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1903, Windsor County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The evidence of the plaintiff tended to show that on the evening of the day of the accident she was riding along the public highway in the village of Gaysville in the town of Stockbridge in a two-wheeled road cart drawn by one horse; that her husband was driving; that defendant had, a few days previous, set three stones, — described by plaintiff’s witnesses as stone posts — at the edge…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The action is case, and is for the recovery of damages alleged to have been caused by the wrongful and negligent act of the defendant in placing three stones in a highway over which the plaintiff was driving. The plaintiff called one Quimby and asked him1 the following question: “During the time you have lived where you say you now do, what has been the use of the locality at the Corner by the *453public with teams — where have they gone?” The defendant’s counsel objected to this question and, on being asked to state the ground of his objection, said: “We claim there is a regular laid out…
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