Legal Opinion

Bengivenga v. City of Plainfield

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided May 14, 1942PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

This is an appeal from an order made and judgment entered in the Union County Circuit Court striking out the complaint and dismissing the cause of action at law on the ground'that neither of the two counts of said complaint was sufficient in law to maintain an action against the defendant.

The first five paragraphs of both counts are identical and allege in substance that on July 23d, 1938, the plaintiffs intestate, Angelina Rengivenga, was a pedestrian lawfully walking on the sidewalk on the westerly side of Berkman Street in the vicinity of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kehoe v. Borough of RutherfordSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1907

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Birchwood Lakes Colony Club, Inc. v. Borough of Medford LakesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
  2. Chatman v. HallSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
  3. McCombs v. City of AsheboroCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1969
  4. Kelley v. CurtissNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1954
  5. Cloyes v. Delaware Tp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1956

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