Schmidt v. Town of Manchester
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by a defective highway, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County where a demurrer to the complaint because of the insufficiency of the notice was sustained (Burpee, J.), and judgment was afterward rendered for the defendant (Gager, J.), from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The complaint in this casé was demurred to upon the ground that it appeared that no sufficient notice descriptive of the plaintiff’s injuries, and of the time, place and cause of their occurrence, was given as required by § 2020 of the General Statutes as amended by Chapter 168 of the Public Acts of 1909. The notice in question, signed by the plaintiff, reads as follows:—
“South Manchester, Conn., Oct. 2, 1915.
Town of Manchester,
South Manchester, Conn.
I hereby give you notice that on Tuesday evening, September 28th, while walking along the sidewalk or sidepath on the north side of Hartford…
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