Legal Opinion
Coburn v. Lenox Homes, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 2, 1982PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbmehtaho, J.
The plaintiffs are the remote purchasers of residential property located at fifty-seven Pheasant Run Road, Wilton, developed and sold by the defendant. The subsurface sewage disposal system (hereinafter septic system) which was intended to service the five-bedroom house located on the property, was allegedly constructed by the defendant in 1972. It failed two and one-half years after its installation and three months after the plaintiffs took possession of the property which they purchased from the original buyers in 1974. The failure of the septic system to accommodate the sewage flowing…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of ManchesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Mahoney v. BeatmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Scribner v. O'Brien, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Orlo v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
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3Cited by128 opinions
- Gordon v. Bridgeport Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Shore v. Town of StoningtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Waters v. AutuoriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Gazo v. City of StamfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Catz v. RubensteinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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