Legal Opinion
Lockwood v. Helfant
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 1, 1940PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The plaintiff was injured by a car driven by Miss Cummings and claimed to be owned by Helfant. On this appeal from the denial of the motion to set aside the verdict for the plaintiff the sole issues were whether the jury could reasonably have found that Helfant was the owner and Miss Cummings was his agent.
The accident out of which this cause of action arose occurred April 12, 1938, at 8.30 a. m. The plaintiff introduced evidence to the effect that the car, an Oldsmobile, was registered in the name of Helfant at that time and that the check in payment therefor (Helfant claiming that the car…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- O'Dea v. AmodeoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Horvath v. TontiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Leitzes v. F. L. Caulkins Auto Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
- Porcello v. FinnanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Roberti v. BarbieriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Koops v. GreggSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. KellasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1949
- Bisi v. American Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Dennler v. Dodge Transfer CorporationDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1962
- Masse v. JonahConnecticut Superior Court · 1967
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