LaBarre v. City of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by a defective highway, brought to the District Court of Waterbury and heard in damages to the court, Bradstreet, J.facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $500, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The complaint in this action, to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the plaintiff by reason of snow and ice upon a sidewalk in Waterbury, contained no allegation that notice had been given the defendant, as required by § 2678 of the General Statutes.
The defendant having suffered a default, the plaintiff, upon a hearing in damages to the court, offered to prove the fact that such notice had been given. To the admission of *555this evidence counsel for defendant objected, upon the ground that the complaint contained no allegation that notice had been given; and that the notice…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ritchie v. WallerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Gulliver v. FowlerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Shepard v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Bennett v. CollinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1884
- Crane v. Eastern Transportation LineSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
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