Carstesen v. Town of Stratford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to a horse received through the alleged negligence of the defendants, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Walsh, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $457 damages, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Action to recover damages for injuries to a horse received through the alleged negligence of the defendants, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Walsh, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $457 damages, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The place described in the statutory notice as the place of the injury, limited the plaintiff’s right to recover to such damages as he could prove occurred at that point. It did not > appear that…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
This is an action for an injury to the plaintiff’s horse and wagon, claimed to have been caused by a defective highway.
*432The questions upon this appeal arise out of the facts found, and the substance of the finding may be stated as follows: — ■ On the 24th of July, 1894, and for some considerable time prior thereto, the Bridgeport Traction Company was and had been engaged in building a street railway along the center line of a highway in Stratford called Stratford Avenue. This work was being done with the knowledge and approval of the selectmen of Stratford, and under their supervision. During…
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