Legal Opinion
Clark v. Pierce Norton Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 5, 1945PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
The defendant has for many years owned and operated an amusement resort at Lake Corn-pounce in the town of Bristol. On a plot of ground between an “airplane ride” and a “scooter” building, it maintains a pole carrying wires and a transformer for the purpose of furnishing electricity required for the operation of resort equipment. The pole is braced by a guy wire made of twisted steel strands. The lower end of the wire is fastened to a pipe driven into the ground, and it runs from this fastening to the top of the pole at an angle of about forty-five degrees. The plaintiff, a girl twelve years…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Webel v. Yale UniversitySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Turgeon v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Bernier v. Woodstock Agricultural SocietySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
- Nordgren v. StrongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Laflin v. Lomas & Nettleton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Cimino v. Yale UniversityDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1986
- Hoffman v. Mohican Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Lapalme v. TottleConnecticut Superior Court · 1949
- Gail v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.Connecticut Superior Court · 1974