Legal Opinion
Ghent v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 5, 1932PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAvery, J.
A verdi.ct was returned by the jury, after the trial of this case, in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed, claiming that the court erred in refusing to set aside the verdict and in its instructions to the jury.
The plaintiff’s decedent was riding, as a guest, in an automobile owned and operated by Thomas Hellyer in a southerly direction on the main highway from Hartford to Middletown. The Hellyer car ran into an automobile proceeding in the same direction, owned by the defendant Burr E. Stevens, and driven by his son, the defendant Edward B. Stevens. The roadway at this point…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pratt, Read & Co. v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Smart v. BissonetteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Sortito v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Gans v. Olchin Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Pilon v. AldermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
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3Cited by11 opinions
- McKirdy v. CascioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Borsoi v. SparicoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- McMahon v. Bryant Electric Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Farlow v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Degnan v. OlsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
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