Torbush v. City of Norwich
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass and trespass on the case, for injury to the plaintiff’s property by the alleged negligence and misconduct of firemen of the defendant, while engaged in extinguishing a fire; brought to the Superior Court for New London county, and tried to the court on the general-issue. The court (Seymour, J.') found the facts and reserved the case for advice. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The liability of a city corporation for the acts of the members of its fire department while engaged in extinguishing fires within the corporate limits, was fully considered by us in the recent case of Jewett v. City of New Haven. "We deem it quite unnecessary to recapitulate the views there expressed ; we merely refer to them as furnishing satisfactory reasons why the claim of the plaintiff in this action cannot he sustained.
A prominent feature in the organization of the fire department of this city, and which distinguishes it from that of many other cities, is that it is strictly a…
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