Darling v. Town of Waterford

The basic issue of this appeal is whether a state trial referee, acting as the trial court, erred in denying, at the beginning of trial, the plaintiffs’ request to amend their complaint when that request had not *486been objected to by the defendant within fifteen days of the request in accordance with Practice Book § 176 (c). The plaintiffs appealed to the trial court from the defendant’s compensation award for the taking of a portion of the plaintiffs’ land for the installation of a sewer line. The amendment sought to include damages for trespass and consequential damages for the cost of…