Rowell v. Stamford Street Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for an injury to a horse alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtin, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover damages for an injury to a horse alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant; brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtin, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The negligence charged against the defendant was its failure to keep in sufficient repair that part of a highway in the town of Stamford which it was bound to maintain. The plaintiff gave to the defendant the following notice: “ To the Stamford Street…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, 0. J.
The notice given by the plaintiff to the defendant, was sufficient. Tuttle v. Winchester, 50 Conn., 496; Brown v. Southbury, 53 Conn., 213; Lilly v. Woodstock, 59 Conn., 219.
Section 1135 of the General Statutes forbids this court to consider on any appeal any errors, “ unless they are specifically stated in the reasons of appeal.” In this case the reasons of appeal do not state specifically any error of fact. We therefore omit all such claimed errors from consideration.
The track of the defendant is laid on and along Atlantic street in the city of Stamford. That street is a paved…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brown v. Town of SouthburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Lilly v. Town of WoodstockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Tuttle v. Town of WinchesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
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