Atkinson v. Molstein

Portsea Street in New Haven runs substantially east and west and West Water Street intersects and crosses it at approximately right angles. Portsea Street west of West Water Street is thirty-two feet four inches wide, between curbs, and east of that street forty-nine feet eleven inches. A single trolley track is located in its approximate center. West Water Street north of Portsea Street is forty-one feet six inches wide between curbs. On June 24th, 1935, the plaintiff, employed as a Western Union messenger, riding a bicycle easterly on Portsea Street and then turning left to proceed…