Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Fancher
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 8, 1941PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
The question is whether the owner of a registered dog may maintain an action for damages against one who unintentionally but negligently kills or injures the animal.
A preliminary issue requires brief discussion. The defendant claims that the subordinate facts found do not reasonably support the trial court’s conclusions as to negligence and proximate cause. The defendant, while driving his automobile at a reasonable speed on his right hand side of Woodland Street in Manchester, ran over and killed a dog standing on the shoulder of the road at the edge of the traveled portion. The defendant…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Porpora v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Lacker v. StraussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Brown v. CongdonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. RogersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Dickerman v. Consolidated Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
3Cited by19 opinions
- General Motors Corporation v. MulquinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- State v. PalozieSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Roger Dileo v. Richard GreenfieldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Tucker v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Schwab v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
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