Camp v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Scire Facias, brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, under the statute (Gen. Statutes, tit. 16, part 1, cliap. 7, sec. 21,) -which provides that “every driver of any vehicle who shall, by neglecting to conform to the preceding section, [requiring him to turn to the right on meeting any other vehicle upon the public highway,] drive against another vehicle and injure its owner or any person in it or the property of any person, * * * shall pay to the party…
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Scire Facias, brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, under the statute (Gen. Statutes, tit. 16, part 1, cliap. 7, sec. 21,) -which provides that “every driver of any vehicle who shall, by neglecting to conform to the preceding section, [requiring him to turn to the right on meeting any other vehicle upon the public highway,] drive against another vehicle and injure its owner or any person in it or the property of any person, * * * shall pay to the party injured treble damages and costs; and shall, if the injury be done designedly, forfeit to the state not more than one…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
If the construction which the plaintiff contends should be given to the statute upon which her right to recover must depend, then there can be no case in which the owner of a vehicle would not be liable, not only for the actual damage caused by a violation of the statute on the part of any person driving it, but for the threefold and punitive damages given by the statute against the driver. If the owner of a vehicle should leave it, with his horse attached to it, at a post by the side of the street, and in his absence a thief or trespasser should take it, and by reckless driving damage a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bishop v. VoseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
- Sage v. HawleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
- People v. MorrisNew York Supreme Court · 1835
- Clark v. HoskinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1826
3Cited by36 opinions
- Madden's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Gionfriddo v. Avis Rent A Car System, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Doe v. MaherConnecticut Superior Court · 1986
- State Ex Rel. Brush v. Sixth Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
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