Bassett v. Shares
Supreme Court of Connecticut
ACTION for an injury to the plaintiff’s horse through the negligence of the defendant; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County, and tried to the jury before Studley, J. Verdict for the plaintiff and appeal by the defendant for errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTokeANCE, J.
The complaint in this case alleges in substance that the defendant drove his two horses attached to a wagon under a building then in process of erection, and negligently left them unhitched and without bridles, at a point where pieces of brick, mortar, and other material were likely to fall upon the horses and cause them to start and run; that the seat of the wagon was also negligently left in such a way as to be likely to fall on the horses’ heels on the slightest motion of the wagon; that either some material fell upon the horses causing them to move and the wagon seat to fall upon their…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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