Sullivan v. Nesbit
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Marvin, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by. the plaintiff.
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Action to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Marvin, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by. the plaintiff. The complaint alleged, and the plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove, that on July 2d, 1920, a circus parade was about to pass through College Street in New Haven; that both sides of the street were lined with automobiles and with spectators assembled to view the parade; that many of the spectators were passing across the street and stepping into…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
Taking, first, the ruling on evidence. The defendant’s witness Alice E. Williams had testified on her direct examination as to the conditions at and before the collision. On cross-examination an effort was made to discredit her testimony as to the speed of the defendant’s car, the sounding of a horn, the turning of the chauffeur’s head to speak to a passenger in the rear of the car, and the time when the brakes were applied, by reference to alleged inconsistent statements made by the witness at the coroner’s inquest. On the redirect she was asked whether she remembered testifying before the…
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