Legal Opinion

Arachy v. Schopen

Connecticut Superior Court

Decided January 19, 1960No. File No. 118118PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Plaintiff was injured when diving off a diving board in defendant's bathing resort. The second count sounds in nuisance.

The plaintiff obviously was not using the diving board in the exercise of a public right. Dewing v.Old Black Point Assn., 19 Conn. Sup. 230. And there could be no private nuisance, since he was not injured in relation to a right which he enjoyed by reason of his ownership of an interest in land.Webel v. Yale University, 125 Conn. 515, 525. There is no merit to the plaintiff's claim that because he was a licensee he came under the classification of an owner of an interest in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Webel v. Yale UniversitySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
  2. Bland v. BregmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
  3. Dewing v. Old Black Point Assn.Connecticut Superior Court · 1954

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cimino v. Yale UniversityDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1986
  2. Gail v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.Connecticut Superior Court · 1974

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