Legal Opinion
Flynn v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 31, 1930PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheelek, C. J.
The complaint alleges that the defendant was on December 4th, 1923, a common carrier engaged in the business of transportation between States of the United States, that on this day its em ployee Edward L. Flynn was injured through defendant’s negligence, to which he did not contribute, and in consequence died on September 1st, 1928, leaving surviving him his widow and five daughters, and that the plaintiff is the duly qualified executor under the will of the decedent.
The defendant demurred to the complaint which was dated May 15th, 1929, upon the principal ground, stated in several forms,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Kling v. TorelloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
- Mellon v. GoodyearSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co. v. OliverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1919
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Scribner v. O'Brien, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Ecker v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Street v. Consumers Mining Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1946
- Flynn v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Thomas Iron Co. v. Ensign-Bickford Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1945