Fiske v. Enders
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant while acting within the scope of bis duty, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and heard in damages to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for nominal damages only, and appeal by her for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the . court. The ease is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
The complaint in this case alleged in substance that on the 10th day of June, 1899, through the negligence of one McNally, the defendant’s servant, “ acting in the line of his services,” a pair of horses belonging to the defendant, then in the care and custody of McNally, ran against the plaintiff and injured her.
The defendant suffered a default and the case was heard in damages. Upon that hearing the main question in dispute was whether, at the time of the injury aforesaid, McNally was so using said horses in the business or service of the defendant as to make her responsible for the results…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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