McCann v. McGuire
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County.where the jury, in a trial before George W. Wheeler, J., returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $300 damages, which the trial court set aside as inadequate and against the evidence, and from this ruling the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, C. J.
tThe complaint in this action alleges that the plaintiff’s intestate, Charles D. McCann, was riding in a wagon when the defendant, driving an automobile in a reckless manner and at an excessive rate of speed, approached him from behind and started to pass the wagon on the left, and then suddenly turned his automobile to the right in such a manner as to cause the deceased to reasonably believe that the automobile was about to run into the wagon with great force, and that his life was in danger, and to induce him, acting under such belief, to jump from the wagon on the right side upon the grass…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bissell v. DickersonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- State v. BuxtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Henderson v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Black v. GriggsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Fell v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
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