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MARTYN v. DONLIN

151 Conn. 402 (1964)

MARTHA P. MARTYN, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF JOHN S. MARTYN) [MARY E. MARTYN, ADMINISTRATRIX, SUBSTITUTED PLAINTIFF] v. ROBERT DONLIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 25, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Davis, with whom, on the brief, was Leon RisCassi, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Francis J. McCarthy, with whom, on the brief, was Warren Maxwell, for the appellee (named defendant).

Richard W. Shettle, assistant corporation counsel, for the appellee (defendant city of Hartford).

KING, C. J., MURPHY, SHEA, ALCORN and COMLEY, JS.

KING, C. J.

This was an action for the recovery of damages for the wrongful death of the plaintiff's decedent, who was shot, on April 20, 1958, just after midnight, by the defendant Robert Donlin, a regular police officer of the defendant city of Hartford, in the course of an attempt to effect the decedent's arrest. In the first count, damages were sought from Donlin. In the second count, damages were sought from the city under what is now § 7-465 of the General...

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