Jacques v. Bridgeport Horse Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass on the case, for an injury caused by the negligence of the defendants ; brought to the Superior Court for Fairfield County.
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Trespass on the case, for an injury caused by the negligence of the defendants ; brought to the Superior Court for Fairfield County. The defendants demurred to the declaration, the demurrer was over-ruled, and the case heard in damages before Minor, J. The court found the following facts: The plaintiff was driving along in his carriage on Main street in the city of Bridgeport, between Congress and Chapel streets, on the 8d day of July, 1871, and undertook to cross over the track of the defendants’ horse railroad, the rails of which at that place were from three to eight inches above the…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The injury of which the plaintiff complains was received by him on the 3d of July, 1871. He was at that time driving in his carriage in the city of Bridgeport, and in crossing the track of the defendants’ railroad, his carriage was broken, and he was thrown out, falling violently upon the sidewalk. The injury is alleged to have been owing to the negligence of the defendants in not keeping their road-bed and track in proper condition and repair.
The plaintiff offered evidence to prove that a great number of accidents, similar in character to the one complained of, commencing three years before,…
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