Tillinghast v. Leppert
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover treble damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s automobile by a collision upon the highway, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and ' tried to the jury before Case, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $175, for $25 of which the plaintiff filed a remittitur, after which the trial court trebled the sum so reached ($150) and awarded $450 from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The appeal presents the single question whether the court erred in its ruling trebling the actual damages of $150.
In a single count the complaint sets forth several independent causes of action, each seeking a single recovery for the same inj ury. The allegation of paragraph 3, that “the defendant carelessly and negligently collided with the automobile of said plaintiff,” is that of the common-law cause of action of negligence. The allegation of paragraph 4, that “said defendant was operating his automobile in a careless and reckless manner, at a rate of speed greater than was necessary and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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