Legal Opinion
Burwell v. Neumann
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 4, 1943PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
These eases, tried together, involved the liability of the owner of an automobile for the damages resulting from the negligence of a driver, claimed by the plaintiffs to have been a subagent. The assignments of error directed to the correction of the finding were not pursued in the brief.
On April 19, 1941, Esther Neumann asked her brother, Oscar Olson, to take her car, go to her former home in East Haven, disconnect a combination oil and gas stove left there by her, get a truck and move the stove to her father’s house in Branford where she was then living. The stove was too heavy for one man…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ritchie v. WallerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Grant v. KnepperNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Ackerson v. Erwin M. Jennings Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Butler v. Hyperion Theatre Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1924
- Kirk v. Showell, Fryer & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
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3Cited by7 opinions
- McLaughlin v. Chicken Delight, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Leary v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- Ritchie Ex Rel. Ritchie v. BurtonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1956
- Frye v. BaskinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1950
- Plunkett v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
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