Case ID: conn-supp_10/html/0282-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "WYNNE, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

SAMUEL LEE WILLIAMS vs. WILLIAM J. COX, HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
    Superior Court New Haven County
    File No. 61924
    MEMORANDUM FILED FEBRUARY 3, 1942.
    
      Howard D. Olderman, of Ansonia, and John J. O’Connell, of Derby, for the Plaintiff.
    
      Herman J. Weisman, of Waterbury, and Harry L. Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, for the Defendant.
   WYNNE, J.

The court is of the opinion that notice is a prerequisite to suit even in a case where a highway hazard is a nuisance unless suit is brought within the time prescribed for notice.

The weak link in plaintiff’s reasoning is that while it has been held that a town is liable for nuisance, it has not been held that the cause of action exists except by virtue of the statute relating to defective highways.

For the reasons set forth therein, the demurrer is sustained.