Legal Opinion
Stanley v. Trostonoff
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided November 29, 1946No. File No. 224Published
1Opinion of the Court
The defendants are common carriers of passengers and baggage between Willimantic, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island. It is the plaintiff's claim that on January 1, 1946, while being transported in an interstate bus of the defendants, she lost a piece of luggage through the alleged negligence of the defendants' driver.
Miss Stanley, accompanied by her parents, reached the Willimantic terminal of the motor line some short time before 7 p. m. on New Year's Day. She was en route to Providence. As the trip was announced to prospective travelers, the plaintiff and her father went to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Goldstein v. . Pullman Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Adams v. . New Jersey Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Springer v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Sperry v. Consolidated Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1907