Nelson v. Halland
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Clay county to recover $200. The case was tried before Nye, J., who denied defendant’s motion to direct a verdict in his favor, and a jury which returned a verdict for $88 in favor of plaintiff. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
1. Plaintiff’s team of horses was being driven along the highway by his son; defendant was operating his automobile upon the same *189highway in an opposite direction. When the team and the automobile met, the horses became frightened, unmanageable, and ran out of the road into a shallow ditch extending parallel therewith, and one of the horses received such injuries from violent exertions to escape the automobile that he subsequently died. In this action to recover the value of the horse, defendant was charged with negligence in operating his car at an excessive rate of speed, and in making no…
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- Ploetz v. HoltSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Strand v. Grinnell Automobile Garage Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
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- Pfeiffer v. RadkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
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