Brennan v. Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Superior Court for New Haven County (Shumway, J.) rendered in favor of the defendant, brought to the Supreme Court of Errors held at Bridgeport within and for the third judicial district on the fourth Tuesday of October, 1899. The principal error assigned is the action of the Superior Court in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.
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Writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Superior Court for New Haven County (Shumway, J.) rendered in favor of the defendant, brought to the Supreme Court of Errors held at Bridgeport within and for the third judicial district on the fourth Tuesday of October, 1899. The principal error assigned is the action of the Superior Court in sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint. The proceedings in that action are referred to in Brennan v. Berlin Iron Bridge Co., 71 Conn. 479, and the complaint which was demurred to appears in a footnote to the opinion. The grounds of the demurrer…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The questions presented by the issues raised upon the first and third defenses may be considered together.
The facts admitted by the plaintiff’s demurrer to the first defense, are in substance these: —
In the original suit by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, for damages for personal injuries, brought in 1895, the defendant demurred to the complaint, stating six grounds of demurrer. The court having sustained this de murrer upon all the grounds thereof and no amendment to the complaint having been allowed, judgment was, in November, 1896, rendered for the defendant, upon…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Michael v. CurtisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Fair Haven & Westville RaidroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
3Cited by9 opinions
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