Smith v. Town of Milford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Reed, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $1,750, and appeal by the defendant. The complaint contained two counts.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Reed, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $1,750, and appeal by the defendant. The complaint contained two counts. The first alleged that a portion of a certain highway, used as a sidewalk at the place where the plaintiff was injured, was so raised above the adjoining ground as to endanger the safety of travelers thereon without a railing or fence upon the side of the highway so elevated, which it was…
1Opinion of the CourtRojraback, J.
The appellant assigned several /errors of law in its reasons of appeal, among which was the following: “The facts set forth in the finding do not support the conclusion reached in the second subdivision of the finding, because it appears from the subordinate facts set forth in the finding that the plaintiff went upon this sidewalk with full knowledge of its condition, and knowing that there was no railing there, and that at the time it was dark and she could not see her way, and that there was another path of which the plaintiff had full knowledge which was absolutely safe, and by which she…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Taylor v. Town of MonroeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
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- City of Norwich v. BreedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
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