Legal Opinion

Jones v. Town of Hamden

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 28, 1942PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.

Harry C. Jones was janitor of a public school in Hamden. It was his duty to clean the side walks of snow. On January 27, 1941, there was a fall of light, fine, dry, powdery type of snow and by noon of that day about an inch had fallen. Jones started his work at 6:30 a.m., went home to lunch at 10:30 and returned to the school at 11. He assisted one of the teachers in the assembly room for a little over half an hour. He then resumed his work of snow removal, using a wooden pusher. From the times stated in the finding and not disputed he could not have been engaged in this work more than two or…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hartz v. Hartford Faience Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
  2. Brown's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1924
  3. Giguere v. E. B. & A. C. Whiting Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1935
  4. Schmidt v. O. K. Baking Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
  5. Stier v. City of DerbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  5. Herbst v. Hat Corporation of AmericaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943

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