Powers v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for personal injuries received in going to the sidewalk after alighting from a street-car, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury (Gager, J.). Verdict directed for defendant.
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Action for personal injuries received in going to the sidewalk after alighting from a street-car, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury (Gager, J.). Verdict directed for defendant. The complaint, after alleging that the plaintiff, on April 21st, 1908, between 7 and 8 P. M., became a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars in the city of South Norwalk, contained these averments as to the nature and cause of the accident:— “3. Said car came to a stop near the corner of North Main and Washington streets, in said South Norwalk, and the plaintiff thereupon…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The plaintiff’s evidence either establishes, or would have justified the jury in finding, the following facts:—
On the day alleged, between seven and eight o’clock in the evening, the plaintiff was a passenger on one of the defendant’s trolley-cars in South Norwalk. It was stopped near the corner of North Main and Washington streets, and three persons alighted. She was the last of them, and stepped from the rear end of the car down upon the street, facing forward. As soon as both her feet were on the ground, she turned to pass around the rear of the car, following the course customarily taken…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Creamer v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Gargan v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Fay v. Hartford & Springfield Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
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