McKeon v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for injuries received from a collision between a wagon and a street-car, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury (Scott, J.). At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony a nonsuit was granted on the ground that there had been no sufficient evidence of due care on his part. A motion to set the nonsuit aside was subsequently denied.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The evidence introduced by the plaintiff, taken in the most favorable light for him, with such inferences as might justly be drawn by the jury, would have justified them in finding the following facts established:—
The plaintiff was an experienced teamster in the employ of a lumber company. On October 5th, 1908, at about a quarter past six o’clock, before the electric lights upon the street had been lighted, he was driving a reach wagon, drawn by a heavy draft-horse, on East Washington Street in Bridgeport, to the lumber-yard. As he came opposite the gateway he turned to go in. To do this it…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wood v. Detroit City Street Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1884
- McCarthy v. Consolidated Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Mesite v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Sistare v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1924