Shaw v. City of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the statute with regard to highways and bridges; brought to the City Court of the city of Waterbury and tried to the jury before Cowell, J. Verdict for the plaintiffs, and motions in error and for a new trial to the Superior Court, which motions were by that court reserved for advice. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The statute (Gen. Statutes, page 232, sec. 9,) provides that the “ party bound to maintain any bridge or road shall erect and maintain a sufficient railing or fence on the side of such bridge, and of such parts of such road as are so made or raised above the adjoining ground as to be unsafe for travel.”
The plaintiffs brought an action upon this statute to the City Court of the city of Waterbury, in which they alleged that on the 16tli day of "April, 1876, a highway which it was the duty of the defendants to maintain in sufficient repair, was defective for the reason that no railing had been…
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