Legal Opinion
Rogers v. County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 7, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
This is an action for a declaratory judgment determining whether the defendant county commissioners of New Haven County were obligated to furnish legal counsel to the named plaintiff’s decedent, Sheriff George C. Rogers, and to the other plaintiffs, Deputy Sheriff James V. Porto and Deputy Jailer Edward Kromer, for their defense of two actions brought for neglect of duty and illegal imprisonment, and whether the commissioners are obligated to pay the plaintiff James P. Rosen, an attorney in New Haven, for his services in that defense. The trial court rendered judgment declaring that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Massa v. NastriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Maitland v. Town of ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Hotchkiss v. PlunkettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- State Ex Rel. Rundbaken v. WatrousSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
- Pope v. Town of WatertownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
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3Cited by5 opinions
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