Cohen v. Stevenson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Burpee, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The plaintiff’s reasons of appeal relate to the correctness and adequacy of the charge of the court in dealing with the facts which the parties had offered evidence tending to prove.
The plaintiff offered evidence to prove these facts: In August, 1919, the defendant conducted a farm and employed the plaintiff to work upon it. The defendant ordered the plaintiff to assist him in unloading tobacco from1 a wagon and hanging it in a shed, and directed the plaintiff to place a certain board across the rack on the wagon and stand upon it and hand up, with a fork, slats of tobacco to the defendant,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McElligott v. RandolphSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Graham v. Newburg Orrel Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
- Farrell v. Eastern MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Nelson-Bethel Clothing Co. v. PittsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908