Legal Opinion
Ruerat v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 9, 1931PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
The complaint alleged that the defendant negligently placed or left a lighted cigarette on an upholstered davenport in the plaintiff’s apartment, which set fire to the davenport, and that the fire spread throughout the apartment destroying furniture and furnishings of considerable value. The court found the following facts: The plaintiff occupied an apartment the living room in which was about sixteen feet long by fourteen wide with two windows and a door to an outside porch facing west. In the living room there was a large overstuffed davenport with an upholstered arm at either end fourteen…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hoyt v. City of DanburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Stebel v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Sliwowski v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- Levidow v. StarinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. HayesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- Saphir v. NeustadtSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Schurgast v. SchumannSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- State v. FoordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- State v. TomassiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
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