Nichols v. Harvey Hubbell, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have- been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $6,500, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The plaintiff was injured while he was engaged as a carpenter in the construction of a brick oven designed for the baking of japanned ware for use in the manufacture of electric light reflectors, and located upon property standing in the name of Harvey Hubbell. The oven was fourteen feet square, outside measurement, with walls from six to eight feet in height and one foot thick, and having a four inch air space between the outer and inner tiers of brick properly tied together. The roof was also of brick, designed and built in the form of an arch with a two foot spring, and supported by the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Alexander v. R. A. Sherman's Sons Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- McElligott v. RandolphSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Douglass v. Peck & Lines Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Gilmore v. American Tube & Stamping Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Rincicotti v. John J. O'Brien Contracting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
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