Perrotti v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s automobile-truck and its contents, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the construction and maintenance of the highway, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Keeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed.
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Action to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s automobile-truck and its contents, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the construction and maintenance of the highway, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Keeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed. The highway in Hamden known as the New Haven-Cheshire road, on September 10th, 1917, had about 35 feet of it permanently paved; near the middle of which were located double tracks of the Connecticut Company, the paved portion…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
Three exceptions to the finding are pursued upon the appeal. Paragraph 9 recites that the “drain was properly constructed and was of proper material.” This, the plaintiff urges, conflicts with the evidence, and is contradicted by another part of this paragraph of the finding as well as by the memorandum of decision. As the plaintiff had a right to operate a truck the combined weight of which, with that of the load, did not exceed 25,000 pounds, he was within the law. The plaintiff justly says, that “proper construction ” and “proper material in this case would mean a drain that would support…
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