Horton v. City of Taunton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for injuries to the plaintiffs’ horse and wagon and load of ineat in a highway in Taunton. The case came before this court on appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs rendered in the superior court on agreed facts which were substantially as follows: On the evening of November 28,1866, about dark, the plaintiffs were driving with due care a kind and gentle horse drawing their loaded market wagon along Winthrop Street, one of the principal highways of the city, which…
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Tort for injuries to the plaintiffs’ horse and wagon and load of ineat in a highway in Taunton. The case came before this court on appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs rendered in the superior court on agreed facts which were substantially as follows: On the evening of November 28,1866, about dark, the plaintiffs were driving with due care a kind and gentle horse drawing their loaded market wagon along Winthrop Street, one of the principal highways of the city, which the defendants were bound to keep in repair. Near the point where the accident occurred the street ran from west to east…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, J.
This case was considered by the court in connection with Titus v. Northbridge ; and the two cases must be governed by the same principle. In this case the horse became frightened by a pile of stones on the east side of a small bridge and on the south side of the travelled path. He was within a few feet of the stones. He suddenly backed across the bridge. On the west side of the bridge a railing extended along the north side of the travelled path for several rods. Beyond this railing there was an embankment not protected by a railing. The horse continued to back the wagon till it reached the…
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