Turgeon 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 where the plaintiff was nonsuited in a trial to the jury before Gager, J., from which judgment he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
Evidence was received tending to prove the following facts: The defendant railway company owned and maintained an amusement park at Savin Rock to which it invited the public and its patrons, and there provided various attractions and entertainments, which it owned and leased to different persons. It maintained an office in the park and had a general manager there who had general supervision of the park.
One of the attractions which the defendant owned and leased was a miniature railway operated and controlled by the lessee. In the center of the park was an artificial pond, pear shaped, around…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Thompson v. Lowell, Lawrence, & Haverhill Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Richmond & Manchester Railway Co. v. Moore's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Blakeley v. White Star LineMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
- Mastad v. BrethrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Conradt v. ClauveIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Boetsch v. Rockland JayceesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
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