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Connecticut Superior Court, 1942

Williams v. Cox

Williams v. Cox
Connecticut Superior Court · Decided February 3, 1942 · WYNNE, J.
10 Conn. Super. Ct. 282

Counsel

Howard D. Olderman, of Ansonia, and John J. O'Connell, of Derby, for the Plaintiff. Herman J. Weisman, of Waterbury, and Harry L. Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, for the Defendant.

Williams v. Cox

Opinion of the Court

The court is of the opinion that notice is *Page 283 a prerequisite to suit even in a case where a highway hazard is a nuisance unless suit is brought within the time prescribed for notice.

The weak link in plaintiff's reasoning is that while it has been held that a town is liable for nuisance, it has not been held that the cause of action exists except by virtue of the statute relating to defective highways.

For the reasons set forth therein, the demurrer is sustained.

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