Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-18

] In the superior court here Tuesday, Judge M. A. Shumway presiding, the { trial of the cases of Selectmen Edwin 1 T. White of Pomfret and his wife, Jen- nie F. White, vs. The City of Putnam, l tried jointly and before a jury, was
 commenced Attorney Harry B. Back
 of Danielson and Attorney William A. King of Willirnantic were counsel for l the plaintiff, Attorney Charles L. Torrey for the city, with Attorney Ar ] thur Macdonald.
 Mrs. White claims damages of $5,000 for personal injuries received when she was thrown from vehicle, on School street, in this city, November 4, 1911, when the horse which her husband had been driving ran away the plaintiffs | alleging that the animal was fright 1 ened by steam roller working on School street
 Mrs White suffered a broken leg in | the accident and her husband was rendered unconscious. Both were taken to the Day-Kimball hospital where
 Mrs White remained for a number of weeks, but her husband was quickly discharged.
 MT. White testified that on the fourth day of November, 1911, he and his wife were driving to Thompson to attend funeral They left Providence street at the high school corner and went north on School street. The horse
 Elsie, was one the family had had for nine years and was a family driv- ing horse. There were no signs at any place on either Providence or School streets which would indicate the pres ence of a steam roller or that the street was under repair Suddenly the horse grew restless and around a curve about 300 feet away, on the up grade,
 making much noise and going very fast for steam roller came the said machine. The witness immediately
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 horses head and grabbd the bridle, but the animal reared so that his hold was broken and the bridle was torn from the horses head, leaving no bits in the anlmaPs mouth. The horse turned and ran, dragging the witness about 100 feet and finally shaking him off bruis-
 Ing h1mSo badly that he was taken to the hospital in semi conscious con
 d1tion. His wife was thrown out of the buggy and her leg was broken above the knee. She also was taken to the hospital and remained there eight weeks.
 On cross examination by MT. Tor rey, witness admitted that about five years ago the horse ran away in Dan lelson and once ran about 100 yards at the station at Pomfret Center. Al- so that ever since then the horse had
 been driven with a kicking strap Ray C. Fisher, Putnam, a coachnan
 test1ned that there were no signs or barriers up at 1.30, which was within
 two hours of the time the accident
 occurred. Mark Lewis, Putnam. testi lied that he stopped the team. Mrs. loa hrlss said that some mornings
 during the time School street was be- ing repaired danger signs were dis placed, but not on the morning of the
 day that the accident occurred. pr,
 Edward F. Perry testified as to the na ture of the injuries of MT. White and the plaintiffs rested.
 For the Defence.
 City Engineer George w. Perry. for the defence, explained the map show ing the location where the accident occurred. That the jury might have
 a more comprehensive idea of the To- cation of the accident than could be shown by a map, they were taken
 about o'clock to School street in l charge of Deputy Sheriff George Fl Rolbrook, with instructions as to their l conduct having any bearing on the
 case under consideration, court being adjourned until this (Wednesday1
 morning at 10.30 o'clock, when the l case will be resumed
 The jurors in the case are: Henry Clapp, Hampton; Sylnanus D. Sheldon, Killingly; Weston Wilson, Killingly; Ernest L. French, Arthur H. Matthew son, Plainfleld; Edward E. Sanderson, John Chapman, Pomfret; Arthur H. Gallup, Charles Kenyon, Scotland: William E.. Wheelock, Josiah w. Dyke, l Thompson; William H. Lester, Wood stock.
 Two Other Suits.
 Following the White cases two
 more suits against the city are listed for trial, Jennie Labby vs. the city, claiming damage to the Labby build ing on Canal street on account of sewer construction work; Nellie M.
 Egan ct al. vs- the city, the claim in this being for alleged damage by the taking of land in Water street where