Boland v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bennett, J., who directed a verdict for the defendant, from the judgment upon which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff was injured by being run into by the defendant’s trolley work car while she was in the act of crossing, somewhat diagonally, Main Street in Ansonia. Had she been an adult at the time her injuries were received, we should have no hesitation in sustaining the action of the court in directing the verdict for the defendant. She, however, was a child nine years and three months of age, and, .according to the evidence presented on her behalf by her parents, relatives, and teachers, and unquestioned, one of average intelligence and brightness for her years. This fact of the plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wilmot v. McPaddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Wilmot v. McPaddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Brennan v. Fair Haven & Westville RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Rohloff v. Fair Haven & Westville RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Lynch v. ShearerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
3Cited by6 opinions
- Roden v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Marfyak v. New England Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Taylor v. Patterson's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Wheeler Beers v. Bridgeport Spring Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- DiIorio v. TipaldiMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
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