Fulmele v. Forrest
Superior Court of Delaware
Action on the Case (No. 8, January Term, 1911) to recover damages for the loss and death of plaintiff’s husband, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, in repairing certain stairs or steps. Verdict for plaintiff for six cents. Motion for new trial. Refused.
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Action on the Case (No. 8, January Term, 1911) to recover damages for the loss and death of plaintiff’s husband, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, in repairing certain stairs or steps. Verdict for plaintiff for six cents. Motion for new trial. Refused. From the testiihony, in behalf of the plaintiff, it appeared that the deceased with his family had for about two years, next preceding his death, occupied a certain dwelling house, in the City of Wilmington, as tenant of the defendant owner, under a verbal demise without agreement to make repairs. There were…
1Opinion of the Court
Boyce, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—This action was brought by Annie Fulmele, the plaintiff, against John Forrest, the defendant, to recover damages for the death and loss of Andrew A. Fulmele, the husband of the plaintiff, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant.
The declaration contains one count only, and complains, in substance: That whereas, etc., at the time, etc., the defendant was the owner of a certain dwelling house, known as, etc., in this city, and Andrew A. Fulmele, the husband of the plaintiff, was tenant and occupied and resided in said…
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