Campbell v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by a fall on a sidewalk alleged to bave been defective through ice and snow, brought to and heard in damages by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $500, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff sued to recover for personal injuries sustained by a fall upon a sidewalk in one of the defendant’s streets, alleged to have been defective and out of repair by reason of snow and ice thereon. Upon the hearing in damages after a default, the condition of the walk on February 13th, 1904, the day before the accident, became the subject of inquiry, and a material one. The defendant presented, as one of its witnesses, a policeman within whose beat the place of accident was, and whose duty it was to see that property-owners kept their walks in proper condition. He testified to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Congdon v. City of NorwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
- Porter v. Pequonnoc Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
- Peck v. PierceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Rooney v. WoolworthSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Landolt v. City of NorwichU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1871
3Cited by15 opinions
- Baker v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Ritter v. City of SheltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Pape v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Seidel v. Town of WoodburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
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