Hemming v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and automobile of the plaintiff, which were alleged to have been caused by a defective highway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before George W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plain-^ tiff for |450, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
On September 21st, 1907, Ley & Company, electrical contractors, were constructing a conduit on Chapel Street in New Haven, under a contract with the United Illuminating Company, for the purpose of laying its underground system of wiring in said highway, and for that purpose had caused an excavation to be made on Chapel Street. On September 21st an automobile owned by the plaintiff, and driven by him personally, came through Temple Street in a southerly direction and ran into this excavation, causing the injuries described in the complaint. This automobile had been purchased by the plaintiff…
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