Bronson v. Borough of Wallingford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an injury to the land of the plaintiff by the turning of water and sewage from the street upon it; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and reserved, upon a demurrer to the complaint, for the advice of this court.
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Action for an injury to the land of the plaintiff by the turning of water and sewage from the street upon it; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and reserved, upon a demurrer to the complaint, for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion. 1. Municipal corporations in the discharge of a governmental duty are exempt from responsibility for the acts of their agents, unless such liability is imposed by statute, and to the extent only of such statutory liability. Jones v. City of New Haven, 34 Conn., 13; Judge v. Meriden, 38 id., 90; Hewison v. City of New…
1Opinion of the Court
Carpenter J.
The complaint in this case, after alleging that the plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate, alleges that “ on the first day of July, 1884, all that part of the territory of said borough of Wallingford which is situate on Main street, Center street, and Hall avenue in said borough and adjacent to said highway, was drained, and for a period of time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary had been drained, of surface waters and sewerage, through open gutters and drains along said Center street and said Hall avenue and past and away from the said land of the…
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- Danbury & Norwalk Railroad v. Town of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
- Judge v. City of MeridenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Weed v. Borough of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
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