Ratti v. P. Berry & Sons, Inc.

The action is one to recover damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff’s decedent in falling from a platform, located on and across the easterly part of Windsor Street, Hartford, by reason of its unsafe condition and its height above the curb. The platform was erected by P. Berry' & Sons, Inc., over the place where the easterly sidewalk would have been laid had there been one, and in its then condition was alleged to have been dangerous to those using it as a sidewalk, and to have constituted a public nuisance. The action was predicated upon this alleged nuisance and negligence.

The adequate…