Petrelli v. City of New Haven

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been received because of an alleged defect in the highway. On the trial to the jury, she claimed to have proved these facts: April 26th, 1931, she went to visit a relative living at 58 Wolcott Street in the city of New Haven. The street runs east and west, .and the house is on the south side. At the entrance to the house was a walk leading to a tar sidewalk six feet in width in front of the house. There was a binding board at the northerly edge of the tar walk, which was placed there about five years…