Clarke v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to Have been caused by the defendant’s negligenee, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Gager, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $500, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The plaintiff was riding with her husband in a small, light, open automobile having only two seats, known as a runabout, which was then driven by and entirely under the control and management of her husband. They turned from the south out of First Avenue, West Haven, into Elm Street, making a wide curve, and came partly upon the east-bound track of the defendant’s double track electric railway, which extends through the middle of that street, the automobile heading and proceeding east. Almost immediately an east-bound car of the defendant struck the automobile, and as a result of the…
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- Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Allyn v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Brickell v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Miller v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Willfong v. Omaha & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
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