Annes v. Connecticut Co.

The plaintiff’s decedent, Nicholas Moni, received fatal injuries while crossing East Main Street in the city of Waterbury shortly after five o’clock in the afternoon of January 18th, 1925. There are two parallel lines of trolley tracks on this street, one for eastbound and one for westbound trolley cars operated by the defendant, and it was the claim of the plaintiff that the deceased was struck by a westbound car because of the negligence of the defendant’s motorman and died within an hour as the result of the impact.

The plaintiff claimed and offered evidence to prove that, before being…