Hope v. Valente
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bennett, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,000 damages, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiff’s case tended to prove that the defendant left his horse hitched tó a wagon on one side of Orange Street, New Haven, in part in the gutter, with another horse tied by a halter to the rear of the wagon, unattended, unguarded, and unharnessed.
The plaintiff was walking on the sidewalk of Orange Street when he came to a part of the walk blocked with sand, broken brick, and lumber, making the passage across the walk rough, and he thereupon, in the exercise of due care, left the walk, passed in the rear of the horse tied to the wagon and ten feet from him, and while thus walking…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re DurantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- State v. MainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Barker v. . SavageNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Barber v. International Co. of MexicoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
- Gulliver v. FowlerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hayward v. PlantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- State v. LoughlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Hope v. ValenteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Basney v. KlemaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1964