Bancroft v. Town of East Montpelier
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action o.f Tort for damages received through the alleged insufficiency of a culvert. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1918, 'Washington County, Stanton, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiles, J.
This is an action to recover for damages to the plaintiff’s automobile through the alleged insufficiency of a culvert in defendant town which by law the town was bound to maintain and keep in suitable repair for the safe travel of those having occasion to pass over it. The case was tried by jury, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff, and the case comes here on the defendant’s exceptions to the overruling of its motion for a directed verdict and for the failure of the court to comply with certain requests to charge.
[1] The grounds upon which the motions are based are that the evidence…
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