Ross v. City of Stamford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries . alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in allowing ice and snow to accumulate on a sidewalk whereby it was rendered unsafe for public use and travel, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Wilder, Acting-Judge; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,000, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
Three assignments of error relate to rulings upon evidence, and another that the trial court failed to find as requested.
It is alleged in the complaint that on January 7th, 1912, the plaintiff, when in the exercise of due care, stepped on an accumulation of snow and ice upon the sidewalk of the city of Stamford, and was greatly damaged and injured. This allegation was denied, so that one of the controlling questions in issue was whether the sidewalk in question was slippery and icy at the time and place alleged in the complaint.
Two witnesses called by the plaintiff, upon their direct…
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