Ayer v. Somersworth
Ayer v. Somersworth.
Ayer v. Somersworth, 30 A. 1119 (N.H. 1891)
Headnotes
The notice required before suit for damage caused by a defective highway may be given by the claimant’s agent.
Summary
Case, on the highway law, for injuries to the plaintiff’s horse. The plaintiff, residing in Boston, employed Marsh, a resident of Somersworth, to keep and train the horse, and Marsh was driving it when it was injured. The affidavit stating the time and place of the accident, and the injuries, and amount of damages claimed, was made and filed by Marsh “ for and in behalf of said Eugene G. Ayer,” the plaintiff. The court found the affidavit sufficient, and the defendants excepted.
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Opinion of the Court
Doe, C. J.
. “Every person sustaining damage . . . shall . . . file ... a written statement under oath.” G. L., c.
75, s. 7; Laws 1885, c.
65. The statement may be made and filed by an agent. Marsh’s authority was a question of fact determinable at the trial term.
Exception overruled.
Carpenter, J., did not sit: the others concurred.
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