Graves v. Town of Waitsfield
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1906, Washington County f Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The exceptions state that: “The plaintiff introduced one Waterman as a witness, who said he was at the bridge a week or so after the accident, and just stopped and looked it over a little.
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Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1906, Washington County f Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The exceptions state that: “The plaintiff introduced one Waterman as a witness, who said he was at the bridge a week or so after the accident, and just stopped and looked it over a little. He was then asked to describe what there was on the side of the road where the team went off, and to describe the bank, and the whole matter there. The defendant objected that the plaintiff had not yet shown that the…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This is an action wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries received through the alleged insufficiency of the approach to a highway bridge in the defendant town. It appeared at the trial, that a written notice was seasonably given to the selectmen of the town, but when it was offered in evidence by the plaintiff, it was objected to on several grounds, and the first exception raises the question of its sufficiency. We can do no better than to quote this notice at length:
“To Robert McAllister, Clarence Richardson and Fred Wilder, Selectmen of the Town of Waitsfield, in the…
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