Weeks v. Inhabitants of Shirley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from the District Court, Hathaway, J. Case, for injury alleged to have been sustained through a defect in the highway. The proof was, that the plaintiff attempted to haul hay through the town, with eight oxen and two hired men, The road was much blocked with snow, which the defendants had neglected to remove.
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On Exceptions from the District Court, Hathaway, J. Case, for injury alleged to have been sustained through a defect in the highway. The proof was, that the plaintiff attempted to haul hay through the town, with eight oxen and two hired men, The road was much blocked with snow, which the defendants had neglected to remove. The teams were unable, on that account, to proceed, and the plaintiff was obliged to leave his hay on the road, and to return with his teams, he and they having been detained one night at a public house, and having lost a couple of days’ time. The Judge directed a nonsuit,…
1Per curiam
— Upon the legal question presented, it is the opinion of the Court, that the action is not maintainable, and that the nonsuit was rightfully ordered.
Exceptions overruled.
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