Legal Opinion
Alston v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 30, 1948PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The plaintiff secured a verdict for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained as a result of a fall on a sidewalk in New Haven. The defendant claims that the defect was too slight to justify an award of damages and that in any event it was created and maintained by the state rather than by the city. Both questions are raised by the denial of the motion to set aside the verdict, and the second by a request to charge to the effect that the state and not the city was responsible. The only substantial dispute on the facts related to the place where the plaintiff fell. She testified, and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Veits v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
- Bacon v. Town of Rocky HillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- McManus v. JarvisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- City of Norwich v. BreedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- MacHado v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
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