From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Case v. Connecticut Company

Supreme Court of Connecticut Second Judicial District
Jul 19, 1912
83 A. 1022 (Conn. 1912)

Opinion

Argued May 2d 1912

Decided July 19th, 1912.

ACTION to recover damages for the destruction of the plaintiff's automobile through collision with a trolley-car of the defendant, alleged to have been caused by its negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Shumway, J.; verdict for the plaintiffs for $1,100, which the trial judge set aside as against the evidence, and appeal by the plaintiffs. No error.

Hadlai A. Hall and Charles Hadlai Hull, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Michael Kenealy, for appellee (defendant).


The evidence so clearly failed to show that the injury complained of was caused by the defendant's negligence, and that the plaintiffs' own negligence was not a proximate cause of it, that there was no error in setting the verdict aside.


Summaries of

Case v. Connecticut Company

Supreme Court of Connecticut Second Judicial District
Jul 19, 1912
83 A. 1022 (Conn. 1912)
Case details for

Case v. Connecticut Company

Case Details

Full title:FRANK A. CASE ET AL. vs. THE CONNECTICUT COMPANY

Court:Supreme Court of Connecticut Second Judicial District

Date published: Jul 19, 1912

Citations

83 A. 1022 (Conn. 1912)
83 A. 1022

Citing Cases

Cables v. Bristol Water Co.

Where the question passed upon is one as to whether or not a verdict should be set aside as excessive, "a…