Desmarchais v. Daly

This action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered by Ernest E. Lampson in falling down a defective stairway was brought in 1943 against James R. Daly, owner of the premises. Both parties died prior to the trial of the case. We shall refer to the original parties as plaintiff and defendant. The defendant owned a two-tenement house known as 165 Collins Street in Hartford. Sometime during the year 1940 he rented the first-floor tenement to the plaintiff’s son-in-law on a month-to-month oral tenancy. The plaintiff was a member of the tenant’s household. The tenement…