Plant v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and property of the plaintiff, 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 plaintiff for $2,000, and appeal by the defendant. Error and new trial ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The plaintiff claims that the evidence showed that on the day that he received the injuries complained of he was in his farm wagon, driving westerly along a public highway in which the defendant had a double-track railway, upon which it operated cars by electricity; that the off wheels of his wagon were in the space between the east-bound and west-bound •tracks, near to the southerly rail of the latter, and the Pear wheels between the rails of the east-bound track; that just before placing himself in this position he had seen a west-bound passenger car pass, and had then looked eastward along…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Morrissey v. Bridgeport Traction Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Riley v. Consolidated Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Andrews v. N. York N. England R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rozycki v. Yantic Grain & Products Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923