Gillette v. Goodspeed
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the loss of ahorse and carriage through the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County and tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover damages for the loss of ahorse and carriage through the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County and tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The finding of facts was as follows: The defendant was, on October 16th, 1895, a ferryman and carrier of passengers and teams, by boat propelled by steam, on the Connecticut river, between the towns of East Haddam and Haddam, and received on his boat for transportation the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
A ferry can only be maintained by authority from the State, and is the proper subject of public regulation. Enfield Toll Bridge Co. v. Hartford & New Haven Railroad Co., 17 Conn. 40, 64. Our laws provide that every ferry shall be furnished with a boat properly provided and manned, sufficient for the safe and speedy transportation of passengers, their teams, and other property; that two commissioners shall be appointed for each ferry, who shall, as often as they deem necessary, carefully inquire into its management, inspect the boats, and see that it is kept according to law; that, should they…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Loftus v. . Union Ferry Company of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Nolan v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Enfield Toll Bridge Co. v. Hartford & New-Haven Rail-RoadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
- White v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1842
- Evans v. GoodrichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
3Cited by7 opinions
- Freedman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Hudson Transit Corp. v. AntonucciSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1948
- Waggoner v. SnodyTexas Supreme Court · 1905
- Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Goodman's New York & Connecticut Express Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Hilburn v. McKinneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
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