Legal Opinion
Kristiansen v. City of Danbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 18, 1928PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHaines, J.
The jury could reasonably have found, from the evidence offered by the plaintiff, that that portion of the sidewalk on West Street, in the city of Danbury, which lies in front of the parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, was in a defective and dangerous condition for public travel, and had been for about two weeks before the plaintiff fell; that West Street was one of the principal thoroughfares of the defendant city, and the parish house in question was within a few hundred feet of the City Hall and of the center of business and travel in that city; that for at least ten days before…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Carl v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
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- City of St. Louis v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Stevens v. NeligonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
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- Lambert v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Frohlich v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- MacHado v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
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