McKone v. Schott
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiff’s horse which was alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the management of his automobile, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Coats, J.; verdict for the plaintiff which the trial judge set aside as against the evidence, from which ruling the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The plaintiff’s horse was injured in a collision with the defendant’s automobile at the intersection of Capitol Avenue with Washington Street, in September, 1906. It was alleged and claimed that the defendant should have passed to the right of the intersection of the center line of these two streets, and that by reason of failing to do so, when the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care, the defendant drove his automobile against the horse of the plaintiff, causing the injuries complained of.
The defendant denied the allegations of the plaintiff’s complaint. Upon the trial to the jury the…
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