Thibeault v. Manchester Shoe Mfg. Co.

The accident happened February 3, 1940, sometime

after 9:30 p. m. Plaintiff’s claim at the trial was that he fell on ice that had formed in the gutter on the east side of the street. In his deposition, taken a year before the trial, he claimed he fell on what he referred to as a sidewalk adjacent to defendants’ buildings, not being too specific as to whether it was in front of the building occupied by the Salvage company or building occupied by the Manchester company. His specific allegation is that the ice was formed as the result of steam or water, or both, coming out of an underground pipe…