Clough v. Rockingham County Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendants’ negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the October term, 1907, of the superior court by Wallace, C. J. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove the following facts: The plaintiff is a carpenter and was employed to assist in moving a small house through the streets of Portsmouth by one Ham, who had a permit for the work from the city authorities.
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Case, for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendants’ negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the October term, 1907, of the superior court by Wallace, C. J. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove the following facts: The plaintiff is a carpenter and was employed to assist in moving a small house through the streets of Portsmouth by one Ham, who had a permit for the work from the city authorities. The building was drawn on wheels. To move it to its destination it was necessary to pass a certain point where the defendants had strung two…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
The motion for a nonsuit was properly denied There was sufficient evidence from which it could be found that the defendants were negligent and that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care.
The evidence that the wires were strung across the highway without license, as required by chapter 81, Public Statutes, was properly left to the jury, together with the other evidence in the case tending to show that the defendants were negligent. The instructions of the court in regard to this matter were correct. Lane v. Concord, 70 N. H. 485; Bresnehan v. Gove, 71 N. H. 236 ; Nadeau v. Sawyer, 73 N.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Nadeau v. SawyerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904
- Lane v. ConcordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1900
- Bresnehan v. GoveSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1902
- Nebonne v. Concord RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1893
- Union Hosiery Co. v. HodgsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904
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