LUBENOW v. COOK


137 Conn. 611 (1951)

GERTRUDE LUBENOW v. EMELINE M. COOK

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Tomasino, with whom were Joseph M. Brandon and, on the brief, David E. FitzGerald, Jr., and Bernard Insler, for the appellant (defendant).

J. Stephen Knight, with whom were Lewis E. Caplan and, on the brief, Max H. Schwartz, for the appellee (plaintiff).

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, JS.


INGLIS, J.

The principal question on this appeal is whether the charge adequately stated the distinction between a business visitor on the one hand and a licensee such as a social guest on the other.

The facts relative to the question of the plaintiff's status, as they appear from the claims of proof, were not in serious dispute except as hereinafter indicated. The defendant, on September 18, 1947, was the owner and occupant of a dwelling house on the north...

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