Jacobs v. Connecticut Co.

This is a negligence case. The plain tiff appeals from the entry of judgment on a defendants’ verdict.

The findings necessary to present the issues on appeal can be briefly stated. The plaintiff, a passenger on a Connecticut Company bus, alighted on Temple Street in New Haven, walked to the rear end of the bus and started across the street. When she had passed the rear end of the bus, she was struck by an automobile which was driven by Oliver W. Lambert, the other defendant, and was moving in the opposite direction from that in which the bus was headed. One of the contested and material issues…