Smith v. City of New Haven

The defendants are the city of New Haven and Ehoda Pestey “individually and as administratrix of the estate of Dora M. Fleischner.” The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for a fall on a public sidewalk. The first count of the complaint purports to state a statutory cause of action against the city for a defective highway. The second count seeks recovery from the defendant Pestey based on negligence and nuisance in maintaining faulty drainage from private property adjoining the public walk. It is alleged that the defendant Pestey “individually and as administratrix . . . owned the real…