Rooney v. Woolworth
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actios to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and thence by the defendants’ appeal to the Superior Court in New Haven County and heard in damages to the court, Q-eorge IT. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $4,000, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and conclusions of the court.
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Actios to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and thence by the defendants’ appeal to the Superior Court in New Haven County and heard in damages to the court, Q-eorge IT. Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $4,000, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and conclusions of the court. Since September, 1898, the defendants have carried on a retail mercantile business in the city of Waterbury, in a building on the corner of Bank…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
It was a question at the hearing in damages in this case whether the plaintiff, at the time she was injured, was, as claimed by her, using the door and passway, at the rear of the defendants’ store, upon their implied invitation, or whether, as claimed by the defendants, she was using them as a mere licensee.
The facts upon which this question was decided by the trial court, as well as those bearing upon the question of the defendants’ negligence and the plaintiff’s contributory negligence, are fully set forth in the record; and drawings of the plan of the store, and a map showing the hoistway…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Plummer v. DillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Pomponio v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Crogan v. SchieleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Winsted Hosiery Co. v. New Britain Knitting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
3Cited by21 opinions
- Heskell v. Auburn Light, Heat & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Roberts v. RosenblattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Ward v. AverySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Herzog v. HemphillCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907
- Wilmot v. McPaddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
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