Legal Opinion
Calway v. William Schaal & Son, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 29, 1931PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The plaintiff in the late afternoon of December 24th, 1929, fell upon a public sidewalk in front of premises in Meriden owned by the defendant The Home National Bank and leased by it to the defendant William Schaal & Son, Incorporated. The sidewalk was built up to the wall of the building and sloped slightly toward the street. Above and projecting over it was a coping along the front of- the building and a cornice forming a part of the roof. The plaintiff claimed to have slipped on ice upon the walk formed by the freezing of water caused by drippings from the melting of snow accumulated upon…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Mahoney v. BeatmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Reardon v. ShimelmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Ahern v. . SteeleNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Clifford v. Atlantic Cotton MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- House v. MetcalfSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Perkins v. WeibelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
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