Legal Opinion

Sellew v. City of Middletown

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided May 14, 1936PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

The plaintiff offered evidence to prove that while walking on a concrete sidewalk of Main Street in Middletown, at a point just north of a driveway leading into the Holy Trinity Church property, she stepped on rolling stones which caused her to fall and suffer severe injuries; that the walk had an even unbroken surface, but was covered for its entire width with pebbles or stones, the size of marbles or smaller, and that similar stones had been on the walk for three or four months previously; that this driveway to the west of the sidewalk had a dirt foundation and a topdressing of small stones…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Beardsley v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
  2. Pietrycka v. SimolanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
  3. Kristiansen v. City of DanburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
  4. State v. PerrettaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
  5. Bjorkman v. Town of NewingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Pietrorazio v. SantopietroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  2. Mei v. Alterman Transport Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
  3. Lambert v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
  4. Gillette v. SchroederSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
  5. Young v. PriceHawaii Supreme Court · 1968

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