Legal Opinion
Lamberti v. City of Stamford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 30, 1944PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
In so far as General Statutes, § 1420, applies to the facts of this case, it provides that any person injured by means of a defective road may recover damages from a municipality bound to keep it in repair, but that no action for any such injury shall be maintained unless written notice containing certain specified information shall be given to the city clerk “within ten days thereafter,” that is, within ten days after the occurrence of the injury. The question is whether a notice given on December 26 as to an injury sustained on December 15 satisfied the time requirement of the statute. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Avery v. StewartSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1816
- Sands v. LyonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846
- Austin, Nichols Co., Inc. v. GilmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Weeks v. HullSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1849
- O'Neil v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Royce v. Freedom of Information CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Poetz v. Sarah Mix & Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1951
- Rapid Motor Lines, Inc. v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- Hubbard v. Planning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
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