Silva v. City of Hartford

This appeal was taken by the plaintiff from the court’s denial of her motion to set aside a verdict by which the jury found the issues for the defendant. The plaintiff brought her action under § 2126 of the General Statutes (as amended, Cum. Sup. 1953, § 957c), which provides for the recovery of damages by a person injured by means of a defective road or bridge. She alleged, in her complaint, that her decedent, Bessie Phillips, was injured on May 26, 1951, at about 8 o’clock in the evening, and died on April 29, 1952, as a result of tripping and falling on a defective public sidewalk on…