Jollimore v. Connecticut Co.
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 defendant’s negligence in operating a street-railway car, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Williams, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $2,000, which the trial court set aside as against the evidence, from which action the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The allegations of negligence relied upon by the plaintiff were that the car was going at a high rate of speed, that no warning was given of its approach, and that the motorman did not take proper steps to avoid the accident after he saw, or should have seen, the danger of the deceased.
The accident occurred on October 30th, 1911, on Ferry Street, between Wolcott and Chambers streets, in the city of New Haven. Ferry Street runs north and south, and is fifty feet in width. There is a sidewalk on each side of the street. The distance from curb to curb is thirty feet. The distance from the curb…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rohloff v. Fair Haven & Westville RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Cottle v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Elliott v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
3Cited by3 opinions
- Oddwycz v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- DeMaras v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Fry v. Southern Public Utilities Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1922