Reed v. Town of Cornwall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action upon the statute for an injury from a defective bridge. The plaintiff, upon the trial to the jury, claimed to have proved that in November, 1854, while he was traveling in Cornwall, upon a road leading from Cornwall Bridge to West Cornwall, his horse fell through a bridge and was injured; that the bridge then was, and long had been defective and dangerous to travelers, which fact was well known to the town of Cornwall; and that the road was necessary for the public…
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Action upon the statute for an injury from a defective bridge. The plaintiff, upon the trial to the jury, claimed to have proved that in November, 1854, while he was traveling in Cornwall, upon a road leading from Cornwall Bridge to West Cornwall, his horse fell through a bridge and was injured; that the bridge then was, and long had been defective and dangerous to travelers, which fact was well known to the town of Cornwall; and that the road was necessary for the public travel in that town, and was the only one in Cornwall between Cornwall Bridge and West Cornwall. It was admitted that…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
This was an action on the statute for an injury occasioned by a defective bridge, and the principal question was, whether the bridge was one which the defendant town was bound by law to maintain and keep in repair. There was no doubt that the bridge belonged to the defendants to keep in repair, unless it belonged to and was a part of the Warren Turnpike Company’s road, and belonged to the turnpike.company to maintain ; in which case it must of course be conceded that the town is not liable for an injury occasioned by its being out of repair, because our statute makes towns liable only in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sherwood v. Town of WestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846
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- Lee v. Town of BarkhampstedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878