Dewhirst v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiffs’ motortruck, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, "brought to and tried by the City Court of Bridgeport, Wilder, Deputy-Judge; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $200, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBurpee, J.
The reasons of appeal assigned in this case may be combined in the single proposition that, because of the prohibitions contained in § 44 of Chapter 233 of the Public Acts of 1919, the plaintiffs can have no recovery in this suit for damages to their motor-vehicle, received by reason of its operation on a public highway, unless they show that their motor-vehicle had been legally registered, and, if so registered, was not being operated by an unlicensed person. The Act referred to is the comprehensive statute concerning motor-vehicles, and the material portion is as follows: “No recovery shall…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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