ESSAM v. NEW YORK, N. H. & H. R. CO.


137 Conn. 353 (1950)

MAE E. ESSAM, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF FRANK ESSAM) v. THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY FRANK OLIVER v. THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 19, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. O'Sullivan, with whom, on the brief, was Edwin H. Hall, for the appellant (named defendant).

Charles V. James, for the appellee (plaintiff Essam), and William J. Willetts, with whom, on the brief, was George C. Morgan, for the appellee (plaintiff Oliver).

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and COMLEY, JS.


INGLIS, J.

These cases arose out of a collision between a small truck and a railroad train at a grade crossing.

The plaintiff's claims of proof may be summarized as follows: Broadway Extension was a highway in the town of Stonington which extended southerly from the Boston Post Road through land owned by, and surrounding the Mystic passenger and freight stations of, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company...

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