Harris v. Miller

The plaintiff below, S. P. Harris, instituted a suit before a justice of the peace to recover the value of a high-spirited good-blooded colt, about nine months old and weighing around 500 pounds, and valued at the sum of $150. This colt broke away from his trainer on the plaintiff’s premises in the town of Morristown, and ran down a lane leading from the street to the stable and out into the street immediately in front of the defendant’s automobile when it was struck, receiving injuries from which it died in a short time. The defendant, Mrs. Miller, brought a countersuit for personal injuries…