Legal Opinion

Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided February 21, 1973PublishedCited by 92 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCotter, J.

The plaintiff, Atwood Collins II, doing business as the River Valley Development Company in Middletown, the defendant’s lessor, sought in the first and third counts of his complaint to recover additional annual rent claimed to be due pursuant to a lease provision providing for the payment of additional rent on the institution of foreclosure proceedings against the leased premises by a mortgagee and to recover rent from the defendant for the privilege of customer parking.

The defendant, Sears, Roebuck and Company, in its answer, special defenses to counts 1 and 3, which are the only counts left…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Twin City Pipe Line Co. v. Harding Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Sheridan v. Planning BoardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
  4. Downs v. National Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
  5. Osborne v. Locke Steel Chain Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1966

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3Cited by92 opinions

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  4. Wards Company, Inc. v. Stamford Ridgeway Associates and Trim Fashions, Inc., Stamford Ridgeway AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  5. Saphir v. NeustadtSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979

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