Angelillo v. City of Meriden

The plaintiff had judgment for damages for injuries sustained by him as a result of a fall on a defective sidewalk. The defendant has appealed and in its assignments of error claims that the finding should be corrected and that the subordinate facts do not support the conclusion of liability.

Summer Street in Meriden enters Cook Avenue from the west but does not cross it. Cook Avenue is a heavily traveled highway in a thickly settled district. Between the east curb and the sidewalk there are some dirt areas about three feet wide, partially occupied by trees. Three feet north of the easterly…