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90 N.H. 311

8 A.2d 743

Stone v. Johnson

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided October 3, 1939

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1939-10-03

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 1941

1 state decisions

Relies on Barrett v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · Stone v. Johnson

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Decided 1939-10-03

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Per Curiam.

¶1 In Stone v. Johnson, 89 N. H. 329, the plaintiff sued in tort for the same injuries for which she now seeks recovery. It was there held, on her application to amend the case by claiming liability of the defendant personally instead of in a representative capacity, that the facts demonstrated her assumption of the risk. The application was therefore denied.

¶2 She now seeks to recover against the defendant personally in an action on the alleged contract. But it was stated in Stone v. Johnson, supra, 331, that she could not recover on the “alleged promise of the defendant to leave the lights burning” since “no action sounding in tort may be maintained for negligent failure to perform a contract.” Such is understood to be the settled law of this jurisdiction. Barrett v. Company, 80 N. H. 354, 355, and cases cited.

¶3 Judgment for the defendant.

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