Knox v. Town of Wheelock
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trial by jury at the December Term, 1880, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. Verdict, for the plaintiff. The only questions raised in the court below were as to the admission of certain evidence which was received, and excepted to by the defendant, and these are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited 8 Wall. 397 ; 66 Me. 523 ; 7 Cush. 586 ; 11 N. Y. 416 ; 13 Ired. L. 485 ; 42111. 438 ; 32 Vt. 591; 45 Vt. '275; 48 Vt. 335; 2 Head. 449. cited Green.
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Trial by jury at the December Term, 1880, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. Verdict, for the plaintiff. The only questions raised in the court below were as to the admission of certain evidence which was received, and excepted to by the defendant, and these are sufficiently stated in the opinion. cited 8 Wall. 397 ; 66 Me. 523 ; 7 Cush. 586 ; 11 N. Y. 416 ; 13 Ired. L. 485 ; 42111. 438 ; 32 Vt. 591; 45 Vt. '275; 48 Vt. 335; 2 Head. 449. cited Green. Ev. 1. s. 102 ; 6 East, 188; 4 McCord, 38; 8 Watts. 355 ; 32 Vt. 404 ; 45 Vt. 275 ; 48 Vt. 335; 11 Allen, 322.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
The action is case for personal injury by reason of a defect in the defendant’s highway. The plaintiff claimed and introduced evidence tending to show that he received such injuries in the abdomen and back, that he passed blood from his bowels for some time thereafter, and injuries to his spine and nerves that induced partial paralysis, and other troubles.
The'defendant’s evidence tended to show that the plaintiff received no injury on the occasion in question; that the plaintiff was subject to hemorrhoids or bleeding piles before the alleged…
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