Ruocco v. United Advertising Corporation
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court upon demurrer to the substituted complaint; the court (Wolfe, J.) sustained the demurrer and afterward rendered judgment for the defendant the Advertising Corporation, from which the plaintiff appealed.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of the plaintiff’s intestate and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court upon demurrer to the substituted complaint; the court (Wolfe, J.) sustained the demurrer and afterward rendered judgment for the defendant the Advertising Corporation, from which the plaintiff appealed. Error and cause remanded. t This action is brought against the United Advertising Corporation which maintained a garage having a door opening on the…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The demurrer to the substituted complaint admits, of course, its allegations of fact; that the doorway in question opened on the sidewalk; that although the sidewalk extended somewhat beyond the highway line there was nothing to indicate the location of the dividing line between the highway and the defendant’s property; that the public was accustomed to walk in the space immediately adjacent to the door; that the chain was in such a position that when the door was opened it could readily be touched by one on the sidewalk and either actually or apparently within the highway lines; that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Crogan v. SchieleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- City of Norwich v. BreedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
- Wilmot v. McPaddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- O'Keefe v. National Folding Box & Paper Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Pastorello v. StoneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
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