Guastamachio v. Brennan

The facts material upon this appeal are not in dispute. On November 14, 1940, the plaintiff was the owner of a restaurant liquor permit for certain premises in East Hartford. On that evening, the plaintiff being in a hospital, Charles Lang was the sub stitute permittee in charge, and pursuant to prior arrangement a bachelor dinner was served in the banquet hall over the restaurant. An inside stairway from the restaurant, and also an outside stairway, afforded access to this hall. Lang was present in the hall during the serving of the dinner, after which he went downstairs where he remained…