Coburn v. Connecticut Co.
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 Hartford County and tried to the court, Williams, ./., upon a demurrer to the complaint; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Williams, ./., upon a demurrer to the complaint; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed. The complaint sets up an injury to the plaintiff received while he was riding his bicycle in a Hartford city street, through which the defendant maintains a single track and equipment. It is alleged that the defendant had installed, in connection with the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The only question presented by the demurrer to this complaint was whether or not a good cause of action was set up by reason of the fact, as it appeared, that statutory notice of the accident was not given to the defendant until more than two, but less than four, months had elapsed. The only error here assigned is the action of the trial court in sustaining the demurrer.
The law casts upon the defendant, a private corporation, the same duty to exercise ordinary care in the conduct of its affairs, and the same liability for its failure to do so, which rests upon all other persons and private…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Hinckley v. City of DanburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Cadwell v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Conway v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
3Cited by7 opinions
- Root v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
- DeCapua v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Lindblade v. United States Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Fabricator v. SalovitzConnecticut Superior Court · 1938
- DeCapua v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
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