Mann v. Northeast Kansas Telephone Co.

Citations

• 83 Kan. 266
• 111 P. 181
• 1910 Kan. LEXIS 520

Syllabus

<p>Jury and Jurors — Special Findings and Verdict — Negligence— Injury to Traveler. The defendant’s team, which was hitched to a telephone pole upon the public highway, broke loose and ran away, running into and injuring the plaintiff, who was traveling upon the highway in a buggy. The plaintiff charged that the defendant was negligent in allowing its team to stand in the public highway without being securely fastened. The jury found specially that the team was tied in an ordinarily safe manner, and this and other findings were held to be inconsistent with the finding that the defendant was negligent, and a verdict for the plaintiff was improper.</p>