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42 Conn. 356

Langdon v. Strong

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided April 15, 1875

Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1875-04-15

Assumpsit, for services as a physician; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New Haven County, and tried to the court on the general issue before Robinson, J. The court found the following facts: The defendants were owners of a steer, which, on the 20th day of August, 1874, attacked Mrs. Hendrickson, an old lady, in the street, and seriously injured her. She was taken insensible to the house of Mrs. Bienviennieu, where she' had a lodging.

Decided 1875-04-15

Poster, J.

¶1The injuries done by the defendants’ ox, to the person of Mrs. Hendrickson, appear to have been of a serious character, and the defendants, from the beginning, seem to have considered themselves responsible for those injuries. It was just and natural that they should do so; and the evidence, both oral and written, fully justified the plaintiff in making his charges for services rendered as physician and surgeon, as he did, directly to the defendants. The plaintiff’s claim is meritorious, and ought to be paid. The defence is technical in its character, and is entitled to no more favor than is demanded by well settled rules of law. The facts found abundantly sustain the claims of the plaintiff’s counsel as to the law, and the overruling of those claims furnishes sufficient gi’ound for a new trial.

¶2The motion for a new trial is therefox-e gx-anted.

¶3In this opinion the other judges concurred; except Phelps, J., who did not sit.

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