Hinckley v. City of Danbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for damages for injury to a street-car conductor through an obstruction on the highway, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Scott, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $650 damages, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
Workmen employed by the defendant city, having made an excavation in one of its streets to connect private premises with its water-main and sewer, erected, at the close of the day, a barrier for the protection of travelers, part of which came near a street-railway track. The plaintiff was a conductor on the street car which made the first run past this point the next mottling. As the barrier was approached on this trip, the motorman, thinking it was pretty close to the running-board and might come over it, slowed up; but got by without hitting it. At this time there were no passengers on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Upton v. Town of WindhamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Bowes v. New England Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
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