87 Conn. 708
88 A 716
Decided November 8, 1913
Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1913-11-08
Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and property of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused. by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Case, J.; by direction of the court the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, from the judgment upon which the plaintiff appealed. No error.
Relies on Fay v. Hartford & Springfield Street Railway Co.
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Decided 1913-11-08
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 2004
1 district · 2 state decisions
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¶1 The jury could not, upon the evidence presented in this case, reasonably have found that the plaintiff was free from negligence proximately contributing to produce the injuries complained of. A verdict for the defendant was therefore properly directed. Fay v. Hartford & Springfield Street Ry. Co., 81 Conn. 330, 338, 71 Atl. 364.
¶2 There is no error.