Adams v. Richardson

This was an action based on negligence by reason of which it is alleged the plaintiff’s horse was killed. The horse was lent by its owner to one Randall who left it at night in a pasture beside the highway which leads from Waterville to Skowhegan. The horse escaped from the pasture, and, while in the highway on a dark and foggy night, was struck and killed by the defendant’s motor truck, which was proceeding northerly along the road toward Skowhegan. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the defendant moved for a nonsuit which was granted. An exception taken to this ruling is now before us.