Gustafson v. City of Meriden

This action was tried to the jury to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate by reason of the defect, hereinafter described, in Cook Avenue, a public highway in defendant city. The plaintiff offered evidence to prove, and the jury might reasonably have found, that the plaintiff’s intestate was in the occupancy of the side-car of a motorcycle which was driven by one Johnson on Cook Avenue, at 4 a.m. on June 22d, 1924; that on the traveled surface of this highway three large holes had existed for an unreasonable time, rendering the highway unsafe for public travel; that it was at…