Lubenow v. Cook

The principal question on this appeal is whether the charge adequately stated the distinction between a business visitor on the one hand and a licensee such as a social guest on the other.

The facts relative to the question of the plaintiff’s status, as they appear from the claims of proof, were not in serious dispute except as hereinafter indicated. The defendant, on September 18, 1947, was the owner and occupant of a dwelling house on the north side of Court Street in West Haven. A porch ran across the front of the house. A small front lawn lying between the entrance walk and a driveway east…