Power v. Harlow
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Marquette. (Grant, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. The negligence of a parent is to be imputed to a child injured in consequence: Shearm. & Hedí. Neg. (3d ed.) §48; H'artfield v. Roper 21 Wend. 615 ; Mangam v. Brooklyn R. Co. 36 Barb. 230; Flynn v. Hat-ton 43 How. Pr. 333; Kreig v. Wells 1 E. D. Smith 74; Holly v. Bost. Gas Light Co. 8 Gray 123 ; Callahan v. Bern, 9 Allen 401; Wright v. Malden dec.
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Error to Marquette. (Grant, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. The negligence of a parent is to be imputed to a child injured in consequence: Shearm. & Hedí. Neg. (3d ed.) §48; H'artfield v. Roper 21 Wend. 615 ; Mangam v. Brooklyn R. Co. 36 Barb. 230; Flynn v. Hat-ton 43 How. Pr. 333; Kreig v. Wells 1 E. D. Smith 74; Holly v. Bost. Gas Light Co. 8 Gray 123 ; Callahan v. Bern, 9 Allen 401; Wright v. Malden dec. R. Co. 4 Allen 283 ; Chicago v. Starr 42 111. 174; Waite v. Northeastern R. Co. El. B. & E. 719 ; Fast Sag. Ry. Co. v. Bohn 27 Mich. 503 ; Smith v. Hestonville M. db F. P. R. Co. 2 Am. &…
1Opinion of the CourtOooley, C. J.
This case has once before been in this Court, and the opinion filed in deciding it is reported in 53 Mich. 507. It was sent back for a new trial, and has been tried with the result that the plaintiff has recovered a considerable judgment.
The action was brought to recover damages for an injury which is alleged to have been caused by the negligence of 'the defendant’s servant. The material facts, as they were brought out on the former trial, are the following:
Defendant is owner of a farm near the city of Marquette, which is managed for him by one Hodgson. Parcels are leased from the farm to…
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