Legal Opinion
Shirlock v. MacDonald
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 10, 1936PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The bridge to which this action relates is located on a state highway in the town of Canton and is under the control and supervision of the defendant. Shortly after noon on September 17th, 1934, while the plaintiff’s truck, which weighed about eighty-seven hundred pounds, empty, was being driven across this bridge it suddenly gave way, the floor dropped some distance, and the truck was damaged. The finding states that there had been an unusually severe rainfall, commencing in the previous night and continuing up to the time of the accident, which had caused the brook crossed by the bridge to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Perrotti v. BennettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- Jump v. Ensign-Bickford Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Schiesel v. S. Z. Poli Realty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Wilson v. Town of GranbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
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