Legal Opinion
Kondrat v. Town of Brookfield
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 8, 2006No. AC 26625PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
In Muratori v. Stiles & Reynolds Brick Co., 128 Conn. 674, 675, 25 A.2d 58 (1942), our Supreme Court construed General Statutes §§ 23-59 1 and 23-65 (b) 2 as vesting exclusive control in a town tree warden over trees located in whole or in part in public roadways. In view of the tree warden’s exclusive control, the cotut held that owners of private, adjoining land are not liable to anyone accidentally injured by a tree falling in the roadway. Id., 677-79. The principal issue in this appeal is whether Muratori provides a defense for a private landowner if, on the one hand, he…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Binette v. SaboSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Gentile v. AltermattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Giaimo v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Gagnon v. Planning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Hammond v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
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3Cited by9 opinions
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