Cyr v. Town of Brookfield

This suit was brought on a complaint sounding in nuisance based upon the alleged action of the defendant town in deliberately and without notice closing off a storm sewer drain as a result of which the plaintiff’s property was flooded and damaged. The defendant demurred to the complaint on the ground that it did not state a cause of action since it did not set forth any duty on the part of the defendant to permit the plaintiff to maintain a con nection of Ms private drains to the defendant’s storm sewer system or to warn the plaintiff of its intention to remove the drain which connected with…