32 Me. 378
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 15, 1851
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1851-04-15
Exceptions from the District Court. Case. The defendant, by consent of the plaintiff, attempted some treatment of the plaintiff’s horse in order to increase its value. The result was unfavorable, and in consequence of it the horse died. After the injury, the plaintiff sent for a horse-doctor, and expended time and money, in attempting a cure.
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Decided 1851-04-15
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¶1The instructions of the Judge of the District Court, as to the measure of damages, cannot be sustained. Special damages were not declared for, and, as they were not the necessary or inevitable result of the alleged wrong, cannot be claimed or recovered in this action.
¶2Exceptions sustained, verdict set aside, and a new trial granted.