Baldwin v. Ensign
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass on the case for an injury from a colt belonging to the defendant; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. The plaintiff was a minor and sued by his next friend, Levi Baldwin.
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Trespass on the case for an injury from a colt belonging to the defendant; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. The plaintiff was a minor and sued by his next friend, Levi Baldwin. The following facts were proved by a committee:— The plaintiff, a boy about three years old, on the 27th day of June, 1878, was living with his parents near the village of Morris, on the north side of the highway,.in a hired house with some land attached thereto, and on the same day the defendant, living near them, let loose a mare and colt belonging to him upon the public highways of the town, not…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The defendant let loose a mare and colt belonging to him upon the public highway, not keeping any watch or guard over them. The plaintiff, a child about three years old, was near his father’s house when he was *116injured by tbe colt, but whether it occurred within or without the highway does not distinctly appear, although we-.think it may be fairly inferred that he was in. the- highway outside of the travelled path. The committee' by whom the facts were found, says:—“ I do not find that the colt was vicious, or, if so, that such viciousness was known to the defendant.”
If the injury had been…
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