Baugher v. Harman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in' an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This action was brought by the defendant in error, Harman, to recover of the plaintiff in error, Baugher, damages for personal injuries which are alleged to have resulted from the defendant’s negligence.
The essential charges in the declaration are that the plaintiff was standing in front of a horse holding it by the rein, while the animal was being hitched to a buck-board by the owner and an assistant on Central avenue in the city of Staunton; that the defendant came along the avenue in an automobile, at sight of which the animal, being in plain view of the defendant, gave evidences of…
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