Legal Opinion

Martin v. Holway

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 26, 1940PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.

The plaintiff brought this action to recover for injuries suffered in a collision between a car in which she was riding as a passenger and another car driven by one of the defendants and owned by the other. While the plaintiff assigns numerous errors as regards the finding, she presses only two in her brief, both dependent upon the testimony of two witnesses. It is not good practice to assign errors in a finding which have so little substance that they are not pressed in the brief, for, as illustrated by this instance, this may cause the printing of much unnecessary testimony, and imposes an…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Nichols v. NicholsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
  2. Gross v. Boston, W. N.Y. St. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
  3. Deantonio v. New Haven Dairy Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
  4. Caplan v. ArndtSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
  5. Giancarlo v. KarabanowskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Zanolini v. Ferguson-Steere Motor Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Foy v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  3. Riley v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
  4. Reid v. AbbiattiSupreme Court of Vermont · 1943
  5. Grantham v. BulikSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951

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