J. Samuels & Bro., Inc. v. Rhode Island Co.

On the night of January 13, 1915, between half-past nine and ten o’clock, the plaintiff’s automobile was being driven by an employee in a southerly direction on Broad Street, near Norwood Avenue, in the City of Cranston. A runaway horse came along the street in a northerly direction, ran into the automobile, and damaged it to the amount (it is agreed) of $39.90. Just before this occurrence the horse had been attached' to a wagon, owned by a Mrs. McCarron, and driven by one John Nichols. The team was used at the time to carry wire and the tools and implements of employees of the Narragansett…