Donovan v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the plaintiff was nonsuited in a trial to the jury before Williams, ./., from which judgment he appealed.
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Action to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the plaintiff was nonsuited in a trial to the jury before Williams, ./., from which judgment he appealed. The evidence offered by the plaintiff tended to establish the following facts:— A single line of the defendant’s tracks extended in a slight curve around the east end of Rimmon Pond upon an artificial embankment, which at the place of accident was twenty-five feet higher than the surface of the water and declined rapidly to the water’s edge.…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff in his. complaint charges that his intestate met his death by reason of the defendant’s negligence in permitting the car which was given into his charge, in its then condition, and with its then equipment, to be used at the time and place when and where the accident occurred. This general charge of negligence is amplified and supported by the specification of a number of matters which, it is alleged, entered into the situation to give the defendant’s conduct the negligent character imputed to it. Some of these incidental matters are themselves characterized as having been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nalley v. Hartford Carpet Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1884
- Kruck v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
3Cited by6 opinions
- Rokus v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Vastola v. Connecticut Protective System, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Donovan v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Carrington v. BobbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Saunders v. PierceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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