Lamke v. Harty Brothers Trucking Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and property of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Kellogg, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $3,500 damages, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The defendant claims that the charge of the court was erroneous and not adequate and sufficient for the guidance of the jury under the facts claimed to have been proved, because the court failed to define with particularity the meaning of two statutory rules of conduct which it read to the jury.
It is undisputed that the automobile truck of the plaintiff was traveling southerly on the westerly side of North Elm Street in Waterbury, and was approaching the intersection of Cherry Avenue, which enters North Elm Street from the east but does not cross it; and that at the same time an automobile…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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