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


136 Conn. 372 (1950)

CATHERINE E. McMAHON, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF RAYMOND J. McMAHON) v. THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 7, 1950..


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Margaret Sigsway, with whom was Richard S. Weinstein, for the appellee (plaintiff).

MALTBIE, C. J., BROWN, JENNINGS, DICKENSON AND INGLIS, JS.


JENNINGS, J.

The plaintiff had a verdict for damages for the death of her intestate, who jumped or fell from the open vestibule of a train of the defendant. She claimed that he was intoxicated to the point that the defendant was charged with keeping him under observation. The defendant appealed from the denial of its motion to set aside the verdict and from the judgment.

The jury could have found the following facts: Mc-Mahon, the decedent, was a twenty-two...

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