Legal Opinion
Aubrey v. City of Meriden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 14, 1936PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate was fatally injured by the fall of a ladder erected by the individual defendants, members of the Meriden fire department, in the performance of their duties in extinguishing a fire in a building at the corner of West Main Street and High School Avenue. The plaintiff claimed to have proved that the firemen in erecting the ladder placed the bottom too close to the wall of the building, that the top of the ladder was not fastened and was not squarely against the building; that after using the ladder to get some objects out of a window they left it unguarded and unfastened;…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coffin v. LaskauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Ryan v. George L. Lilley Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Zalewski v. Waterbury Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
- Brown v. CongdonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Heimer v. SalisburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Wray v. Fairfield Amusement Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Felix v. Hall-Brooke SanitariumSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Small v. South Norwalk Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Lo Sacco v. YoungSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Banks v. WatrousSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
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