Anthony v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision between a runaway team and a trolley-car in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger, which was alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Gager, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The complaint stated that the cause of the collision of the runaway team with the trolley-car was the negligence of the defendant, in that its agents and servants saw, or by the exercise of reasonable care might have seen, the approach of the runaway team down Columbus Avenue, coming directly toward Meadow Street and apparently about to cross the same into Union Avenue, and while thus in danger of colliding with the runaway team the defendant negligently continued up Meadow Street, and propelled its car in such a way as to come directly in front of and in danger of being hit by the runaway…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dwinelle v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Murray v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Thorson v. Groton & Stonington Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Kebbe v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Ferguson v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
3Cited by10 opinions
- Gonchar v. KelsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Firszt v. Capitol Park Realty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Hassett v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Longstean v. Owen McCaffrey's SonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- McDowell v. Federal Tea Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
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