Hanley v. Town of Poultney

The plaintiff was riding as a guest in a Hudson automobile owned and operated by Joseph Harney, of Fair Haven. As they were passing over a highway bridge in the defendant town it collapsed, precipitating the car and its occupants into the stream below. The plaintiff brought this suit for damages lor personal injuries then sustained, and obtained a verdict and judgment at the last March Term of Rutland county court. The defendant brings the case here on an exception to the court’s refusal to comply with its seasonable request for the following instruction: “If you find that the Hudson…