Legal Opinion
Masterson v. Atherton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 16, 1962PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on January 6,1959, a very cold and windy night, a fire broke out in the cellar of the north duplex apartment in a two-family house in Stratford owned by the defendant. The apartment was occupied under an oral month-tomontii tenancy by the Masterson family, consisting of the plaintiff Frances T. Masterson’s decedent and husband, Gerald T. Masterson, Sr.; Frances T. Masterson herself; and their four minor children, the plaintiffs Lynn F. Masterson, Richard G. Master-son and Paul J. Masterson, and Frances T. Masterson’s other decedent, Gerald T. Masterson, Jr. Gerald T.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Dean v. HershowitzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Palmieri v. MacEroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Robinson v. Southern New England Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Klahr v. KostopoulosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Fisher v. JacksonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Moriarty v. LippeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Panaroni v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
- State v. GodekSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Cruz v. DrezekSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
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