Legal Opinion

Demartino v. Siemon

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 5, 1916PublishedCited by 52 opinions

Action to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint raising the question of the statute of limitations; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, ■from which the plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.

This is an action by an administratrix brought to recover for injuries resulting in the death of her intestate, and caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendant. The injuries are alleged to have been inflicted, and the death to have occurred almost immediately, on October 29th, 1910. The action was brought by writ dated May 3d, 1915, to the June term, 1915, of the Superior Court in Fairfield County. A demurrer was filed to the complaint upon the ground, among others, that the action was not commenced within one year from the date of the injury and negligence complained of. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Rodman v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1902
  3. Negaubauer v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
  4. Radezky v. Sargent & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
  5. Hanna v. Jeffersonville RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Ecker v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  2. Forbes v. BallaroConnecticut Appellate Court · 1993
  3. Hartray v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Karp v. Urban Redevelopment CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  5. American Masons' Supply Co. v. F. W. Brown Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1978

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