Aldrich v. Tripp
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Plaintiff’s petition for a new trial. The facts .are stated in the opinion of the Court. 1. The city of Providence is a corporation, deriving all its powers as such from an act of the General Assembly.
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Plaintiff’s petition for a new trial. The facts .are stated in the opinion of the Court. 1. The city of Providence is a corporation, deriving all its powers as such from an act of the General Assembly. Act of October, A. D. 1831, and acts in amendment thereof. 2. The water commissioners of said city, appointed in accord-dance with an act of the legislature passed at the January session 1866, and air ordinance of said city passed September 20, 1869, are (together with their agents, clérks, and servants) the agents and servants of said city, for whose acts of negligence, acting within the scope…
1Opinion of the CourtDubeee, C. J.
This was an action to recover damages of the city of Providence for injuries resulting from the unsafeness of one of the streets of the city. The street was rendered unsafe by a stream of water thrown across it from a hydrant of the city water works. The plaintiff’s horse, being driven in the street, took fright at the water, ran away, and received injuries from which it died. On the trial to the jury the plaintiff claimed that the water commissioners or their employees were at fault. He also claimed that they were agents and servants of the city, and that consequently the city would be…
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- Oliver v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- The Rochester White Lead Co. v. . the City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
- Lloyd v. . the Mayor, C. of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Barney v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Brooks v. Inhabitants of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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- Karczmarczyk v. QuinnSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1964