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BRUCE v. McELHANNON

141 Conn. 44 (1954)

ARCEE BRUCE, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF LULA M. KNOTT) v. FLOYD McELHANNON, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF ISAAC McELHANNON)

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 16, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert I. Ellis, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Harrison D. Schofield, with whom was Robert E. Mansfield, for the appellee (defendant).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.

DALY, J.

Lula Mae Knott, the plaintiff's decedent, and Isaac McElhannon, the defendant's decedent, died on March 19, 1952, between the hours of 11 p.m. and midnight. The deaths resulted from carbon monoxide fumes within a one-car garage, while each was in a sitting position on the front seat of the automobile owned by Isaac McElhannon. The plaintiff claims that the proximate cause of the death of Lula was the negligence of the defendant's decedent in running the motor...

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