Parsons v. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Motions by plaintiff. Case for personal injuries to plaintiff, whose liorse became frightened at defendant’s rotary snow plow. There was a general motion for a new trial which was not urged in argument; also a motion on the ground of newly-discovered evidence. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, C. J.
While the plaintiff was driving a horse attached to a long covered vehicle on runners across the bridge between the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, in the direction of Auburn, he met the defendant’s rotary snow-plow coming towards him from Auburn; his horse became frightened at the appearance of the snow-plow and *505the noise caused by it to such an extent as to become unmanageable; finally, the horse bolted towards one side of the bridge, and, after striking that side, started diagonally across the bridge to the other side, the plaintiff in the meantime was thrown out, dragged some distance and…
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