Legal Opinion

Jennes v. City of Norwich

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 12, 1927PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.

The trial court found that between seven and eight o’clock on the morning of December 24th, 1924, the plaintiff slipped and fell upon the sidewalk of Summit Street in the city of Norwich, and received the injuries of which she complains; that the sidewalk at the spot where plaintiff fell was not reasonably safe for public travel, and had been in that condition since December 19th, 1924, due to structural defects in combination with snow and ice formed thereon; that defendant had constructive notice of this condition a sufficiently long time prior to the accident to have remedied the defect…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
  2. Newton v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  3. Frechette v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
  4. Baldwin v. Greenwoods Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
  5. Wladyka. v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Wise v. StaggMontana Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Fabrizi v. GolubSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
  3. Porpora v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
  4. Bazinet v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
  5. Messina v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934

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