Pope v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate and alleged to have been caused by the defendants’ negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the defendant city’s demurrer to the complaint was sustained (Webb, J.), the plaintiff’s motion for permission to amend the complaint denied, and judgment rendered dismissing the complaint as against the city, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The complaint alleges that, under authority conferred by its charter, the city of New Haven made an appropriation for the purpose of the celebration of the day to be observed as Independence Day, July 6th, 1915, and thereafter, by way of such celebration, sent up from the New Haven green in said city of New Haven certain bombs which were intended to explode in the air in such a way as to diffuse different colored lights. One of these, it is alleged, contained a fuse which was defective or damp, which fact was or ought to have been known to the city and its agents who were sending up the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Tindley v. City of SalemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Jewett v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Colwell v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Hewison v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Mead v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Hoffman v. City of BristolSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Considine v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Bergner v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
- Ryszkiewicz v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Hannon v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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