Legal Opinion
Guilfoile v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 21, 1922PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
This case was before us on an appeal from the denial of a motion to set aside a nonsuit. Guilfoile v. Smith, 95 Conn. 442, 111 Atl. 593.
The plaintiff’s intestate and six other young men, in the early evening of March 2d, 1919, were riding in the Ford automobile of the defendant, a two-seated, five passenger car, in a southerly direction on Main Street in East Hartford. The defendant was carrying the party either gratuitously or as a private carrier for hire.
There was a permanent, iron water-tank in the roadway of Main Street, three and one half feet in diameter and four and one half feet…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Murphy v. Derby Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
- Guilfoile v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
3Cited by11 opinions
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