Wennell v. Dowson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actions to recover damages accruing to the respective plaintiffs—-a sole surviving parent and her minor child—from personal injuries to the latter caused by the defendant’s alleged negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried together to the court, Gager, J.; facts found and judgments rendered for the parent to recover 8275 and the minor child 8700, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
When these actions were brought, the plaintiff Janet Wennell was an infant, and the mother, Matilda Wennell, sued on her own account for loss of the daughter’s services, and also as next friend of the daughter. The cases were argued together on appeal, and may conveniently be disposed of together.
The plaintiff Janet Wennell was injured while in the act of alighting, at a customary stopping-place on Meadow Street in New Haven, from the iront platform of a trolley-car operated by the Connecticut Company. The accident occurred about 6:20 p. m. at a time when passengers are, by notice posted in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Coughlan v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Kimball v. CushmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Samuelian v. American Tool & Machine Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Naylor v. HavilandSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
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- Dix v. SpampinatoCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Spagnola v. New Method Laundry CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930