Ranney v. Town of Sheffield
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for injury upon a highway. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, June Term, 1876, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding.
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Case for injury upon a highway. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, June Term, 1876, Caledonia County, Ross, J., presiding. The plaintiff seasonably notified the selectmen that on October 13, 1873, as he was travelling with horse and wagon over the highway in Sheffield leading from his house to John Page’s, his horse broke through “a certain bridge” in said highway, “located between William Mitchell’s and Hugh Mitchell’s,” injuring the plaintiff and his horse and breaking his carriage. It appeared that the houses of the Mitchells were from ninety to a hundred rods apart; that there…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wheeler, J.
Thccases heretofore docided'upon this statute, all seem to be reconcilable with each other, and with the decision of the County Court in this one. Law v. Fairfield, 46 Vt. 425, *193and Babcock & Wife v. Guilford, were both cases where, as they were presented, the notices merely pointed out long lines of road without specifying any places in the lines as the places of injury. The notices in those cases w'ere insufficient because they did not point out any place as the place of the injuries - within the meaning of the statute. In Reed v. Calais,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Law v. Town of FairfieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1874
- Reed v. Town of CalaisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1875
3Cited by2 opinions
- Castle v. Town of GuilfordSupreme Court of Vermont · 1913
- Louthood v. Town of CambridgeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1921