Baldwin v. City of Norwalk
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and to the automobile of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Keeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $16,000, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and to the automobile of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Keeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $16,000, and appeal by the defendant. About eight thirty o’clock on the evening of February 20th, 1918, the plaintiff sustained injuries to his person and to his automobile by the overturning of his automobile on Main Street, a public highway in the city of Norwalk. The plaintiff claimed to have proved:…
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The defendant’s first claim of error is the denial by the trial court of its motion to set aside the verdict as against the evidence. The main ground upon which this claim is based is that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence because, the defendant claims, the evidence establishes that the conditions of light on the night in question were either sufficient to enable the plaintiff to observe a substantial object on the highway, or else his own lights were insufficient.
The motor-vehicle law makes the following provision regarding lights (General Statutes, § 1535 (d) ):
“Wherever…
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