Ouimette v. Harris
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three actions of tort, against the proprietor of a garage at Hartford, Connecticut, the first by the owner of a horse and carriage for injury to his property, and the second by two persons who were in the carriage for personal injuries, all alleged to have been caused by the collision of an automobile driven negligently by an alleged servant of the defendant with the horse and carriage of the plaintiff in the first case on the evening of July 23, 1911, on Longmeadow Street,…
Read the full summary
Three actions of tort, against the proprietor of a garage at Hartford, Connecticut, the first by the owner of a horse and carriage for injury to his property, and the second by two persons who were in the carriage for personal injuries, all alleged to have been caused by the collision of an automobile driven negligently by an alleged servant of the defendant with the horse and carriage of the plaintiff in the first case on the evening of July 23, 1911, on Longmeadow Street, a public highway in Longmeadow. Writs dated July 24 and August 1, 1911. In the Superior Court the cases were tried…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
At some time during the evening of July 23, 1911, in the town of Longmeadow, a collision occurred between an automobile owned by the defendant and a carriage owned by the plaintiff Joseph Ouimette, in which the plaintiffs George Ouimette and Elizabeth Donnelly were travelling. There was evidence that the plaintiffs who were in the carriage were in the exercise of due care, and that the driver of the automobile was negligent in the running of it at the time of the accident.
The plaintiffs introduced evidence that the defendant himself was in the automobile at the time, and the defendant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Reynolds v. DenholmMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- McKeever v. RatcliffeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Whitney v. HoughtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
3Cited by10 opinions
- McDonough v. VozzelaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Carter v. BesseyUtah Supreme Court · 1939
- Hayes v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- O'Rourke v. A-G Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Chaufty v. DevriesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1918
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.