Legal Opinion
Chazen v. City of New Britain
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 2, 1961PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries which he sustained as a result of a fall on a public highway in the defendant city. The first count of his complaint is based on what is now General Statutes § 13-11, which provides for the recovery of damages by a person injured by means of a defective road. The second count is based on nuisance. The court rendered judgment for the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed.
Grand Street in the city of New Britain runs in un easterly and westerly direction. It is an ac cepted street, although there is no record of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Beckwith v. Town of StratfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Corsino v. GroverSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Clark v. HaggardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Hewison v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
- DeLahunta v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
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3Cited by39 opinions
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Hall v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Baker v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Ferreira v. PringleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-StrattonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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