Moffitt v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County- and tried to the jury before Williams, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant,'and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiff claimed he signalled the motorman of defendant’s north bound trolley-car to stop the car, that the motorman was then looking in his direction, and thereupon the car stopped about opposite the north corner of Main and East Main streets in New Britain, and as he was attempting to board the car it was started suddenly without giving him a reasonable opportunity to board it, causing him to be thrown upon the rear platform and to be injured.
The defendant claimed the plaintiff never signalled said car, that it never stopped at the north corner, and that the accident never happened.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- McGee v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Laufer v. Bridgeport Traction Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- McGar v. Borough of BristolSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- State v. GoetzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Jackson v. Grand Avenue Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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