Hawkins v. County of Oneida

The sole question involved is whether, in this-action, brought to recover damages against the County of Oneida for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been caused by the defective condition of one of the county highways, compliance, as to notice, with the provisions of section 6 of the County Law must be shown. It is admitted that no notice was ever served upon either the chairman of the board of supervisors or the county court, as required by that section. Service was, however, made upon the clerk of the board of supervisors and the county attorney, the ones designated in…