Gumpper v. Waterbury Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county and tried to the court, Prentice, J., upon the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint; the court sustained the demurrer and rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Torrance, J,
The statute (Chap: 176 of the Public Acts of 1895) provides that “ no suit or action for damages on *425account of injury to, or death of, any person caused by negligence shall be maintained against any electric, cable, horse, or steam railroad company, unless written notice of a claim therefor, giving a general description of such injury and the time, place, and cause of its occurrence, as nearly as the same can be ascertained, shall have been given to the defendant company within four months after the neglect complained of.” The second section of the Act provides as follows: “…
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