Garfield v. Hartford & Springfield Steeet Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for damages from collision with a trolley pole while endeavoring to get out of the way of a trolley car, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, where a demurrer to the complaint was sustained (Robinson, J.j, an amendment was moved for and disallowed (Gager, J.j, and judgment was rendered for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The complaint stated this case : The defendant operates a street trolley railway upon a highway in Windsor. The plaintiff, in the exercise of due care, was driving an automobile southerly on said highway, at night, and approaching a point upon it where it takes a short turn, near the freight station of a steam railroad, a track of which was also laid there on the highway. He was on the trolley track, which ran along the easterly side of the highway, when a trolley car, coming from the south, rounded the curve. It carried an electric search-light of great power, such as is used in running in…
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