PHENNING v. SILANSKY


144 Conn. 223 (1957)

THEODORE J. PHENNING v. JOSEPH S. SILANSKY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Krevolin, with whom, on the brief, was Arthur W. Feinstein, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Cyril Coleman, for the appellee (defendant).

BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE, DALY and SHEA, JS.


O'SULLIVAN, J.

In this action the plaintiff sought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant's negligence. After the jury had returned a plaintiff's verdict, the court set it aside. The plaintiff has appealed, assigning, as the sole error, the court's ruling on the verdict.

The only ground advanced by the defendant in his motion was that the verdict was against the evidence. Nevertheless, the court set the verdict aside because...

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