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Cavanaugh v. Connecticut Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut Third Judicial District, Bridgeport, October Term, 1929
Mar 3, 1930
149 A. 131 (Conn. 1930)

Opinion

Argued October 31st, 1929

Decided March 3d 1930.

ACTION to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, J.; verdict for the plaintiff which the trial court, on defendant's motion, set aside, and from this decision the plaintiff appealed. No error.

Israel J. Cohn, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Seth W. Baldwin, for the appellee (defendant).


We cannot hold upon the evidence under the rule announced in Rosenthal v. New York, N. H. H.R. Co., 88 Conn. 65, 89 A. 888, as amplified, explained and followed in Belledeau v. Connecticut Co., ante, p. 625, 149 A. 127, that the trial court erred in setting aside the verdict.


Summaries of

Cavanaugh v. Connecticut Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut Third Judicial District, Bridgeport, October Term, 1929
Mar 3, 1930
149 A. 131 (Conn. 1930)
Case details for

Cavanaugh v. Connecticut Co.

Case Details

Full title:EDNA V. CAVANAUGH vs. THE CONNECTICUT COMPANY

Court:Supreme Court of Connecticut Third Judicial District, Bridgeport, October Term, 1929

Date published: Mar 3, 1930

Citations

149 A. 131 (Conn. 1930)
110 Conn. 698

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