Legal Opinion
Staples v. Lucas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 7, 1955PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The plaintiff brought this action, pursuant to § 4307 of the General Statutes, 1 to recover damages for personal injuries which he claimed were caused by the intoxication of a person to whom the defendant had sold alcoholic liquor when that person was in an intoxicated condition. The defendant pleaded a general denial and, in a special defense, the one-year Statute of Limitations, § 8324. The plaintiff demurred to the special defense, and the trial court sustained the demurrer. After trial to the court a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed.
The facts are as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- Tuohey v. MartinjakSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Lametta v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Antinozzi v. D. v. Frione & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- State v. LamperelliSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
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