Falken v. Housatonic R. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the negligence of the defendant company; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard in damages by a jury, on a demurrer overruled, before Thayer, J. Damages assessed at $5,000, and appeal by the defendant for error at a former term in the granting of a motion of the plaintiff that the case be heard by a jury.
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Action to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the negligence of the defendant company; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard in damages by a jury, on a demurrer overruled, before Thayer, J. Damages assessed at $5,000, and appeal by the defendant for error at a former term in the granting of a motion of the plaintiff that the case be heard by a jury. The case is fully stated in the opinion. contended that until the act of 1889 was passed, all hearings in damages were by the court and not the jury ; (Gen. Statutes, § 1106; Lennen v.…
1Opinion of the CourtFeNN, J.
The defendant in this action, which was brought to recover damages for injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, filed on December 31st, 1890, in the Superior Court, in which the action was pending, a demurrer to the complaint, which demurrer was heard and overruled April 29th, 1892. Nothing further was done until the October term of the court, 1892, when the case was put by the plaintiff on the trial list marked “ jury,” and on motion of the plaintiff was assigned for a hearing in damages to the court on December 21st, 1892. At that time both parties appeared with their…
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- Holcomb v. Town of WinchesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
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- Daniels v. Town of SaybrookSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
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