Maggi v. Cutts
Decision Date | 05 January 1878 |
Parties | Joseph Maggi v. Benjamin Cutts |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Argued November 10, 1877
Essex. Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by an obstruction in the highway, placed there by the defendant. Trial in this court, before Ames, J., who allowed the following bill of exceptions:
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $ 7608.33; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
Exceptions sustained.
W. D. Northend & J. A. Gillis, for the defendant.
S. B. Ives, Jr. & L. S. Tuckerman, for the plaintiff.
The fact that a horse driven by the plaintiff misbehaved at the time an...
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