Messinger v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of plaintiff’s intestate and alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Shumway, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,500, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge W. Wheeler, J.
At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the defendant rested. The jury might reasonably have found upon the evidence submitted the following facts; indeed, the record would seem to indicate that any other finding would have been unreasonable:—
The defendant operates its railroad at Stamford over four main parallel tracks running east and west, and numbered from north to south, three, one, two, and four. Passenger trains from the east, as a rule, come in over track three at or near the west-bound Stamford station, where the steam engine is cut off and replaced by an electric motor. The engine…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Darrigan v. New York & New England RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Worden v. Gore-Meenan Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Murphy v. Derby Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
- Belevicze v. Platt Bros & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- New York Breweries Corp. v. BakerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
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