Farrow v. Hoffecker
Superior Court of Delaware
to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Lore, C. J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—Howard Farrow the plaintiff claims that on the 22nd day of February, 1905, while in the exercise of *224due care he was walking on North Street in the town of Dover, in this State, John T, Hoffecker, the defendant, negligently fired a gun from the window of his dwelling house, and wounded the plaintiff in the head; thereby inflicting injuries, for which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages in this action.
The defendant claims, that he shot at some dogs, which were fighting in the street in front of his dwelling house, to the annoyance of…
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