Smith v. Hausdorf
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a tenant against her landlord to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by his negligence in failing to repair a decayed and defective common stairway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bennett, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Action by a tenant against her landlord to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by his negligence in failing to repair a decayed and defective common stairway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Bennett, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The defendant owned a tenement house in the city of Waterbury, with stairs leading to the second floor of the house from the door-yard. The plaintiff, a tenant, with another family, occupied the second floor of this house, and both used the stairway…
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The action of the trial court in refusing to charge as requested, in the charge as given, and in its rulings upon the admission of evidence, were assigned’ as errors by the defendant. Eight of the assignments of error, relating to the refusal of the court below to charge as requested, were not pursued and may be treated as waived. By the ninth assignment, the plaintiff contends that the charge was insufficient in law for the guidance of the jury in reaching a verdict. This assignment is too general, and raises no question we are bound to consider. General Statutes, § 802. It may also be…
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- Crotty v. City of DanburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Temple v. GilbertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- McCarrick v. KealySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
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