Legal Opinion

Lindsay v. Cecchi

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided June 20, 1911No. 2PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Writ of Error to the Superior Court for New Castle County. Action by Angelo Cecchi by his next friend, Rafaelo Cecchi, against Nancy E. Lindsay and her husband (No. 74, September Term, 1909) to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligent operation of an automobile. Judgment for plaintiff (1 Boyce 185, 75 Ail. 376), and defendants bring error. Reversed. The facts and questions presented appear in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Conrad, J.,

delivering the opinion of the court:

This action was brought in the court below by Angelo Cecchi, an infant, by his next friend, Raffaelo Cecchi, against the defendants, Nancy E. Lindsay and Joseph Horace Lindsay, her husband, to recover damages for personal injuries which the plaintiff alleges he sustained by reason of being run into, knocked down and injured by an automobile driven and operated by Nancy E. Lindsay, one of the defendants on the twenty-fourth day of March, A. D. 1909, near the intersection of Sixth and Tatnall streets in the City of Wilmington.

The plaintiff was a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Winkler v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1902
  2. Giles v. Diamond State Iron Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1887
  3. MacFeat v. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RailroadSuperior Court of Delaware · 1904
  4. Knopf v. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RailroadSuperior Court of Delaware · 1900

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Gulla v. StrausOhio Supreme Court · 1950
  2. American Automobile Ins. Co. v. StruweCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Cirsosky v. SmathersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1924
  4. Dervin v. FrenierSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
  5. Lindsey v. BartonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954

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