Legal Opinion

Benn v. Forrest

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 22, 1914No. 1043PublishedCited by 13 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island; Arthur L. Brown, Judge. Action by Andrew Forrest against Harrison Benn. Judgment for .plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

DODGE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error (hereinafter called defendant) has not insisted at the argument upon the first two of his assignments of error, being those based upon the overruling of his demurrer to the declaration.

The declaration was in trespass on the case for personal injuries sustained by the defendant in error (hereinafter called plaintiff) on October 31, 1910, on Union street, in Providence, R. I., through being run into by an automobile while himself exercising due care. According to the declaration, the car was the defendant’s, operated at the time by his servant or…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Young v. MasciSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Department of Water and Power v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
  3. Grantham v. OrdwayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
  4. Hawthorne v. Eckerson Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
  5. Penticost v. MasseySupreme Court of Alabama · 1917

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