Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1878

Lavery v. Manchester

Lavery v. Manchester
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided August 5, 1878 · Bingham, Stanley, Clark
58 N.H. 444

Lavery v. Manchester

Opinion of the Court

Bingham, J.

If the plaintiff tripped upon a stone, or a hole in the sidewalk, that rendered the same insufficient, and in want of repair, and was inadvertently thrown upon the nuisance through no want of ordinary care on his part, he may recover such damages as were the direct and natural result of such defective sidewalk, but not for any increase of damages occasioned by the nuisance which he maintained.

New trial granted.

Stanley and Clark, JJ., did not sit.

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