Sweeney v. Jessup & Moore Paper Company
Decision Date | 05 March 1903 |
Citation | 20 Del. 284,54 A. 954 |
Court | Delaware Superior Court |
Parties | MARGARET SWEENEY, widow of Bartley Sweeney, deceased, v. THE JESSUP AND MOORE PAPER COMPANY |
Superior Court, New Castle County, February Term, 1903.
ACTION ON THE CASE (No 151 to September Term, 1902), to recover damages for personal injuries causing the death of plaintiff's intestate.
Demurrer.
The first count of the declaration was as follows:
The causes of demurrer to the above count were as follows:
1. That it does not appear by any allegation contained in the said first count in what respect the defendant was negligent or careless.
2. That it is not alleged in said count that said digester was defective and dangerous.
3. That it is not alleged in said count that the defendant had or should have had notice or knowledge of any facts or circumstances which would constitute negligence on the part of the defendant.
4. That it is not alleged in said count that the defendant did any act or failed to perform any duty which resulted in the injury to the said plaintiff's husband.
5. That it is not alleged in said count that the plaintiff's husband was ignorant of the facts or circumstances which constituted the negligence complained of.
6. That no cause of action against the defendant is set forth in said count.
DEFENDANT'S BRIEF.
The counts of the declaration which fail to allege that the decedent was ignorant of the matter charged as constituting negligence on the part of the defendant are bad notwithstanding the general allegation that the decedent was exercising due care and caution.
Chicago & Erie R. R. Co. vs. Lee (Ind.) 1 Amer. Neg. Rep., 486; Peterson vs. New Pgh. Coal and Coke Co., 149 Ind. 268; Evansville R. R. Co. vs. Duel, 134 Ind. 156.
The count contains no averment of that which constituted the negligence, and the allegation is insufficient.
King vs. W. & N. C. E. Ry., 1 Pennewill, 643; Jones' Admr. vs. Peoples Ry., 4 Pennewill, 201; Clark vs. Diamond State Iron Co., 2 Pennewill, 522; Wright vs. W. C. Ry., 2 Marv., 141.
PLAINTIFF'S BRIEF.
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