Ulrich v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate by negligence, brought to the Superior Couty in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Avery, J.; the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment thereon the plaintiff appealed. $ Error and new trial ordered.
1Per curiam
The appellant (plaintiff) claimed to have proved that his decedent suffered injuries resulting in her death through the defendant’s train running into an automobile in which she was riding as a passenger while it was passing over the planked railroad-crossing upon a roadway in Stamford called Miller Street; that the collision was caused by the appellee’s negligence in failing to give any warning of the train’s approach, and in operating the train at a high and dangerous speed, and that at this time the decedent was in the exercise of reasonable care.
Upon its motion the trial court directed a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pomponio v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Loomis v. Norman Printers Supply Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Loomis v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Allen v. RulandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- McVeigh v. RipleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Perry v. HaritosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1924
- Stavola v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Wood v. WoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
- Gosselin v. PerrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Sedita v. SteinbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
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