Fields v. Hartford & Wethersfield Horse-Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an injury from the negligence of the defendant company upon a part of the highway which the company was bound to keep in repairbrought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The defendant demurred to the complaint; the court (Beardsley, J.,) sustained the demurrer, and rendered judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed. The ease is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
This is an action for an injury caused by the negligence of the defendant, a horse-railroad company, upon a part of a highway which the company was by its charter bound to keep in a safe condition. The defendant demurred to the complaint on the ground that it “ does not aver that written notice of the injury and of the nature and cause thereof, and of the time and place of its occurrence, was given to the defendant as required bylaw.” The Superior Court sustained the demurrer, and the plaintiff appealed.
*10If the injury complained of resulted from a defective highway which it was the duty of the…
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- DeCapua v. City of New HavenConnecticut Superior Court · 1939
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