STAPLES v. LUCAS


142 Conn. 452 (1955)

RAYMOND O. STAPLES v. BERNARD LUCAS

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius D. Shea, for the appellant (defendant).

William S. Gordon, with whom, on the brief, were Gustav P. Nordstrom and Edward C. Wynne, for the appellee (plaintiff).

BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE, DALY and PHILLIPS, JS.


BALDWIN, J.

The plaintiff brought this action, pursuant to § 4307 of the General Statutes,1 to recover damages for personal injuries which he claimed were caused by the intoxication of a person to whom the defendant had sold alcoholic liquor when that person was in an intoxicated condition. The defendant pleaded a general denial and, in a special defense, the one-year Statute of Limitations...

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