McCune v. Norwich City Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case, for maliciously shutting off the gas from the plaintiff’s rooms, which were furnished with gas fixtures connected with the main pipes of the defendants, and were dependent on the gas supplied by the defendants. The plaintiff obtained a verdict in the superior court, and the defendants moved in arrest of judgment for the insufficiency of the declaration, which motion was reserved for the advice of this court.
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Action on the case, for maliciously shutting off the gas from the plaintiff’s rooms, which were furnished with gas fixtures connected with the main pipes of the defendants, and were dependent on the gas supplied by the defendants. The plaintiff obtained a verdict in the superior court, and the defendants moved in arrest of judgment for the insufficiency of the declaration, which motion was reserved for the advice of this court. The allegations of the declaration are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSanford, J.
This is a motion in arrest for the insufficiency of the declaration. There are two counts, but in all their material allegations they are substantially alike, and the same questions arise on both of them.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendants were a corporation, created for the purpose, and engaged in the business, of making, distributing and selling illuminating gas, and that they had laid down their main pipes in the streets and lanes of the city for the conveyance of gas to their customers ; that the plaintiff’s rooms had been fitted up with gas-pipes and fixtures, connected with the…
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