Bronson v. Town of Southbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the statute concerning highways and bridges, to recover damages for the loss of the plaintiff’s horse and injury to lier wagon, by reason of the negligence of the defendants in not maintaining a railing upon a bridge and the highway adjacent to it, which were a part of a public highway of the town. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Action on the statute concerning highways and bridges, to recover damages for the loss of the plaintiff’s horse and injury to lier wagon, by reason of the negligence of the defendants in not maintaining a railing upon a bridge and the highway adjacent to it, which were a part of a public highway of the town. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendants moved' for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
On the 14th of May, 1867, the plaintiff, who resides in Bridgewater, left her home accompanied by her son with a horse and wagon, and drove to Roxbury. Here she stopped at the house of an acquaintance, and sent her son with the horse and wagon to Southbury to carry some clothes to another son of hers residing in that town. To accomplish that object it became necessary to cross the Pomperaug river, a rapid stream, peculiarly subject to freshets, very much and very quickly affected by a fall of rain. In crossing or in- attempting to cross a bridge over this river, this son of the plaintiff was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fox v. Town of GlastenburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
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- Ryan v. Town of BristolSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
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