Le Fevre v. Crossan
Superior Court of Delaware
Action of Trespass Upon the Case to recover from the defendant, damages for injuries to his person alleged to have been sustained as a consequence of being unlawfully ejected from the Inn or Tavern known as the “Farmers’ Hotel”, 308 King street, Wilmington,—the property of the defendant—by one of the defendant’s servants. The facts sufficiently appear in the charge of the court. (Same case on demurrer to plea, ante, also 84 Atl. 127).
1Opinion of the Court
Woolley, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—This is an action of trespass upon the case, instituted by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant damages for injuries to his person, alleged by him to have been sustained as a consequence of being unlawfully ejected from the property of the defendant by one of the defendant’s servants.
It is admitted that on the fourteenth day of December, A. D. 1910, the defendant was the proprietress of the Farmers’ Hotel, situate in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware, which she conducted as an inn or tavern under a license to sell and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watson v. HastingsSuperior Court of Delaware · 1897
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