Cornwell v. Rosoff

The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover damages for injuries received in an automobile accident. The jury returned a defendant’s verdict. The plaintiff has appealed. The assignments of error on which he relies are addressed to the finding, to the charge as given, and to the court’s failure to charge as requested.

The following is the gist of the plaintiff’s claims of proof: About 12:20 a. m. on September 29, 1949, the defendant was operating an Oldsmobile southerly on Whitney Avenue in Hamden. The asphalted surface was about forty-four feet wide, from curb to curb. A white double line ran…