Legal Opinion

Marchiatello v. Lynch Realty Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 5, 1919PublishedCited by 47 opinions

Reservation for the advice of this court under General Statutes, § 5383, as amended by Chapter 142, § 16, of the Public Acts of 1919, made by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Kellogg, J., upon a pro forma judgment in favor of the defendants, rendered by the Compensation Commissioner of the fifth district. Marchiatello was employed as night watchman on the premises of the respondent employer, which was engaged in erecting dwelling-houses.

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Reservation for the advice of this court under General Statutes, § 5383, as amended by Chapter 142, § 16, of the Public Acts of 1919, made by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Kellogg, J., upon a pro forma judgment in favor of the defendants, rendered by the Compensation Commissioner of the fifth district. Marchiatello was employed as night watchman on the premises of the respondent employer, which was engaged in erecting dwelling-houses. The employer had a small office in a rather remote part of Waterbury which was used in the work. It contained three rooms, one used at this time as a…

1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.

In this case the Compensation Commissioner made a pro forma award and filed the same in the Superior Court, and that court being of the opinion that the decision therein involved principles of law which were not free from reasonable doubt, and which public interest required should be determined by this court, reserved the case for the opinion of this court. General Statutes, § 5383, as amended by Chapter 142, § 16, of the Public Acts of 1919.

The finding of the Commissioner should have omitted its statement of what different witnesses testified to; and should have included such facts as might…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  2. Mann v. Glastonbury Knitting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
  3. Jacquemin v. Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
  4. State ex rel. H. S. Johnson Sash & Door Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
  5. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1918

3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Breimhorst v. BeckmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
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  4. Gonier v. Chase Companies, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
  5. Rewis v. . Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1946

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