Brennan v. Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and heard in damages to the court, George W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $8,000, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court.
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Action for damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and heard in damages to the court, George W. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $8,000, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The defendant having suffered a default, gave notice in writing that upon a hearing in damages it would deny certain paragraphs of the complaint, and that it would offer evidence to prove that the accident which is the subject-matter of…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The plaintiff, in 1895, commenced an action against the defendant to recover damages for a personal injury sustained November 20th, 1894, by the falling of a large timber which the defendant was using in the construction of a trestle for the Naugatuck Malleable Iron Company, by which, company the plaintiff was employed. The pleadings in that action terminated in a demurrer to the complaint, which was sustained by the court, and, no amendment having been made, final judgment was rendered in May, 1896, in favor of the defendant.
In September, 1897, the present action was commenced to recover…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gould v. Evansville & Crawfordsville R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Bissell v. Spring Valley TownshipSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Bouchaud v. DiasNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Straw v. Illinois Central RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by7 opinions
- Southport Manor Convalescent Center, Inc. v. FoleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Hughes v. BemerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Brennan v. Berlin Iron Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Goodno v. HotchkissDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1916
- Carvette v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
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