Schaap v. City of Meriden

The plaintiff sued the city of Meriden and the state highway commissioner for damages for personal injuries claimed to have resulted from a fall on a defective state highway and had a judgment against the commissioner. A principal ground of the latter’s appeal is that the written notice, required by statute, is fatally defective.

The finding, in so far as it is relevant to this issue, may be summarized as follows: The plaintiff lived in Meriden on the south side of West Main Street, a state highway. The right of way was sixty-six feet wide. The wrought portion consisted of concrete pavement…