Legal Opinion
Sawicki v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 17, 1943PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
The plaintiff, while standing on the top of a retaining wall used as a sidewalk and built by the defendant Railway Company at or near the westerly boundary of New Haven Avenue in Derby, fell through a fence guarding the outer edge of the wall and was injured. She sued the Railway Company and the Hallock Realty Company, owners of the premises adjoining the wall on the west, and recovered judgment against the Hallock Company alone. She has appealed, claiming that the • Railway Company also is liable. The Hallock Company has appealed, and claims there is no liability on its part.
The trial court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- City of Rochester v. . CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Crogan v. SchieleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- City of Hartford v. TalcottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
- Stevens v. NeligonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Ruocco v. United Advertising CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Plouffe v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Holmberg v. BerginSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- Johnson v. Town of WatertownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- Mercier v. Naugatuck Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Przwgocki v. WikrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
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