Channon v. Sanford Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries received through, the claimed negligence of the defendant, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and heard in damages to the court, Peck, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $1,000 damages, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries received through, the claimed negligence of the defendant, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and heard in damages to the court, Peck, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $1,000 damages, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The questions in the case arise entirely upon the finding of facts, which is as follows: “ 1. On June 3d, 1897, the plaintiff was sixty-seven years old, and had been for many years an ornamental plasterer. He was then, and for eight or nine…
1Opinion of the CourtTobrange, J.
The decisive question in this case is .whether, upon the facts found, it was the duty of the defendant to provide the staging upon which the plaintiff was to do his work in the church building. If it was, there is no error; if it was not, there is. In the discussion of this question it will be assumed that the plaintiff, while doing the work in the church, was and remained, as the finding shows, the servant of the defendant; and further, that the staging furnished to the plaintiff was, as claimed by him, a “ place ” for the servant to work in, rather than a mere tool or appliance, within the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McElligott v. RandolphSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- McGorty v. Southern New England Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Wilson v. Willimantic Linen Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
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- Loehring v. Westlake Construction Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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