Legal Opinion
Tefft v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 10, 1933PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAvery, J.
The plaintiff brought this action, as administratrix, to- recover damages for the death of her husband, Clifford P. Tefft, who was killed by a westbound express train near the East River railroad station of the defendant company in the town of Madison at about one-twenty-six a.m. September 29th, 1929.
At the trial, many of the facts were not in dispute. Tefft, the deceased, was a member of a volunteer fire company in the town of Madison. At about one o’clock in the morning of September 29th, 1929, a barn, located about one hundred and fifty feet south of the main line tracks of the defendant…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Correnti v. CatinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- State v. MoscaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Hull v. ThomsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Brennan v. RussellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
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