Legal Opinion
Reardon v. Exchange Furniture Store, Inc.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided February 21, 1936No. Action on the case for negligence, No. 273PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The plaintiff’s claim is based on the alleged negligence of the defendant company. In order to sustain that claim, it must, therefore, appear that he produced evidence at the trial tending to show that his injuries were caused by the violation of some legal duty owed to him by that company. Garber v. Whittaker, 6 W. W. Harr. (36 Del.) 272, 174 A. 34; Diver v. Miller, 4 W. W. Harr. (34 Del.) 207, 148 A. 291.
It is true that when he was injured he was on the defendant’s premises. It is, also, true that in the first instance he had come on, at…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Prest-O-Lite Co. v. SkeelIndiana Supreme Court · 1914
- Phillips v. Library Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
- Newingham v. J. C. Blair Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Cowen v. KirbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Garber v. WhittakerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1934
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3Cited by3 opinions
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