REID v. MONMOUTH OIL CO.


42 N.J. Super. 355 (1956)

126 A.2d 368

EDWARD J. REID, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. MONMOUTH OIL COMPANY, A BODY CORPORATE, DEFENDANT, AND ANTHONY AGNELLINO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 1, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert V. Carton argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. O. Ernest Gatta, attorney).

Mr. Samuel A. Larner argued the cause for Anthony Agnellino, defendant-appellant (Messrs. Budd, Larner & Kent, attorneys).

Before Judges CLAPP, JAYNE and FRANCIS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CLAPP, S.J.A.D.

Plaintiff, a policeman, while walking his beat one night tripped and fell over a formboard protruding two or three inches above the sidewalk. The defendant Rini and men working with him had laid the formboard, while constructing a new sidewalk in place of the old one. Plaintiff sued the following for his injuries: Monmouth Oil Company, the landowner; Anthony Agnellino, the general contractor who had apparently...

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