CLEMENT v. DELVECCHIO


140 Conn. 274 (1953)

AMOS CLEMENT ET AL. v. ETHEL DELVECCHIO

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 4, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeLancey Pelgrift, for the appellant (defendant).

Samuel C. Derman, with whom were Louis I. Gladstone and, on the brief, George Koenig, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

BROWN, C. J., BALDWIN, INGLIS, O'SULLIVAN and CORNELL, JS.


INGLIS, J.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to set aside a verdict in favor of the named plaintiff. The action sounded in negligence. The sole contention of the defendant is that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

The jury could have reasonably found the following facts: East Washington Avenue and Harriet Street are intersecting highways in Bridgeport. The former runs east and west and the latter north and...

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