Morrissey v. Bridgeport Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s horse and wagon, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County aud heard in damages to the court, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $178, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s horse and wagon, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County aud heard in damages to the court, Curtis, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $178, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. This was an action to recover damages caused to a horse and wagon of the plaintiff, by a collision with a car of the defendant. The wagon was being driven by a servant of the plaintiff. ■ There- was a hearing in damages and…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, G. J.
If the court required of the defendant a higher degree of care in the management of its car than the law imposes, or if the court required of the plaintiff’s driver a lower degree of care in driving his wagon so as to avoid a collision with the defendant’s car, than the law requires, then, in either case there is an error of law which may be reviewed by this court.
The driver heard the gong of the approaching car, turned and saw the car coming behind him at a rate of speed greater than his own, when he was one hundred and twenty-five feet away. His wagon was partly on the track…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Birge v. GardinerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- Nolan v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Everett v. Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
- Andrews v. N. York N. England R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Glazebrook v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
3Cited by11 opinions
- Hamlin v. Pacific Electric Ry. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Laufer v. Bridgeport Traction Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Rozycki v. Yantic Grain & Products Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Hayden v. Fair Haven & Westville RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Snow v. Coe Brass Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
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