LaChappelle v. Borough of Jewett City

The plaintiffs’ intestates were drowned by reason of an automobile, in which they were riding on Water Street in the borough of Jewett City, becoming stalled and rolling backward into Slater Mill Pond. The action is based upon the alleged failure of the defendant to maintain a sufficient railing on the side of the road under the provisions of § 1419 of the General Statutes, giving to one suffering damage by reason of the want of such railing a right of action against the party bound to maintain the road. The complaint alleged that Water Street was a public road which the defendant was bound…