Case Name: Jethro D. Pease vs. J. H. Montgomery
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1913-12-06
Citations: 111 Me. 582
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jethro D. Pease vs. J. H. Montgomery.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 111
Pages: 582–582

Head Matter:
Jethro D. Pease vs. J. H. Montgomery.
Knox County.
Decided December 6, 1913.
C. T. Smalley, for plaintiff. Montgomery & Emery, for defendant.

Opinion:
This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages alleged to be sustained by a collision between the plaintiff's team and the defendant's automobile. Damages were claimed for injury to the team and personal injuries to the plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of four hundred seventy-five dollars.
The defendant presents a motion for a new trial on several grounds; but it seems to be necessary to consider only one of them, namely, that the defendant, although the owner of the automobile, was not in the possession, control and management of it, nor was the chauffeur acting as his servant, at the time of the accident. Motion sustained. New trial granted.