Lukosevicia v. Bartow
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for damages for death alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligent operation of a motorcar on the highway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, J.; verdiet and judgment for defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Action for damages for death alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligent operation of a motorcar on the highway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, J.; verdiet and judgment for defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s claims as to defendant’s negligence, as alleged in the complaint and made at the trial, were as follows:— “2. That at said time and place defendant was operating a motor-vehicle upon said highway, passing in the same direction as plaintiff’s intestate was walking, and' that he operated it in a careless…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The first assignment of error is too general to merit consideration. Our practice, following the statute, § 5837, and the common-law rule as to bills of exceptions, requires that the alleged errors be specifically assigned. Rules of the Supreme Court, § 7, Practice Book, p. 308; Harper Machinery Co. v. Ryan-Unmack Co., 85 Conn. 359, 82 Atl. 1027; Fagerholm v. Nielson, 93 Conn. 380, 106 Atl. 333; Hine v. McNerney, 97 Conn. 308, 116 Atl. 610.
The portion of the charge quoted in the second assignment of error states the rule as to contributory negligence correctly. . It is contended in this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sharkey v. SkiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Pietrycka v. SimolanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Hine v. McNerneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
- Fagerholm v. NielsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
- Wolfe v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
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