Defence Insults for Injuries Caused by Negligent Driving
1. The defendant denies
that the carriage mentioned in the plaint was the defendant's carriage, and
that it was under the charge or control of the defendant's servants. The
carriage belonged to............ of................ Street, Calcutta, livery
stable keepers employed by the defendant to supply him with carriages and
horse; and the person under whose charge and control the said carriage was, was
the servant of the said
2. The defendant does
not admit that the said carriage was turned out of Middleton Street either
negligently, suddenly or without warning, or at a rapid or dangerous pace.
3. The defendant says
the plaintiff might and could, by the exercise of reasonable care and
diligence, have seen the said carriage approaching him, and avoided any
collision with it.
4. The defendant does
not admit the statements contained in the third paragraph of the plaint