Legal Opinion
Dennis v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 23, 1951PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover for articles and services furnished for the burial of the defendant’s husband. The court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $657 and the defendant has appealed. We summarize the facts, which are stipulated. Cyril Shaw, the defendant’s husband, died on September 23, 1947, at the Bridgeport Hospital of an illness with which he had been afflicted since September 5, 1947. On September 11, 1947, the defendant left the home in Easton where she and her husband had lived and went to Canton, Ohio. She has resided there ever since and has never…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Shaw v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Lenox Realty Co. v. HackettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Rawson v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
- Longstean v. Owen McCaffrey's SonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- Swits v. SwitsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
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3Cited by36 opinions
- White v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- State v. EllisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Buckman v. People Express, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. KishSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Nowak v. NowakSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
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