Sliwowski v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate and alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in' Fairfield County, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for 14,521, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate and alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in' Fairfield County, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for 14,521, and appeal by the defendant. Under the Employers’ Liability Act of Congress, the sum awarded was apportioned between the decedent’s widow ($3,226) and his minor son ($1,295). The defendant maintains in its railroad yard at Bridgeport a coal-pocket, at which locomotives, coming in from use on…
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, J.
The trial court has found that the injury to the decedent was caused by a blow received by his coming in contact with the rod attached to the end of one of the coal chutes, and that this rod had fallen from its place and swung over the track because it was not properly held in place by reason of the defective condition of the catch which ordinarily supported it.
The first claim pressed upon the attention of the court is that such a finding is not supported by the allegations of the complaint, and therefore cannot serve as the basis of a judgment. The fifth paragraph of the complaint alleges,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Hoyt v. City of DanburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Spencer's Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Stebel v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- State v. SaxonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bushnell v. BushnellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- State v. HayesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- State v. CraftsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Ruerat v. StevensSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Jump v. Ensign-Bickford Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
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