SKUT v. BOARDMAN


137 Conn. 675 (1951)

ANTHONY SKUT, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF JOSEPH SKUT) v. JENNIE BOARDMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 15, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. James, with whom, on the brief, was J. Ronald Regnier, for the appellants (defendants Boardman).

Morris H. Broder, for the appellee (plaintiff).

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


INGLIS, J.

Although the assignments of error on this appeal are addressed both to the denial of the motion to set aside the verdict and to the charge, there is only one question of law involved. That is the question whether a plaintiff suing to recover damages for negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle waives the benefit of the presumption of agency created in his favor by § 7905 of the General Statutes by introducing evidence of the fact of agency on...

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