Case ID: conn-supp_18/html/0042-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      Mellitz, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The Valley Oil Company, Inc. v. Alfred D. Barry et al.
    Superior Court Tolland County
    File No. 5824
    Memorandum filed May 8, 1952.
    
      Ellis, Baczka & Davis, of Middletown, for the Plaintiff.
    
      Pelgrift, Dodd, Blumenfeld <& Nair and Edward PL. Smith,, of Hartford, for the Defendants.
   Mellitz, J.

The complaint sets forth in part a claim by the plaintiff on a payment bond furnished by the defendants Frouge Construction Company, Inc., as principal, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, as surety, to the state of Connecticut, described in paragraph 2 of the complaint. The bond was given pursuant to the requirements of § 7214 of the General Statutes. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff supplied materials to a subcontractor. Section 7215 provides that one occupying the position of this plaintiff shall have a right of action on the bond upon giving a written notice to the contractor as prescribed in the statute. Section 42 of the Practice Booh requires that the notice be recited in the complaint or a copy annexed thereto. Failure to comply with the rule leaves the complaint deficient in a vital particular. Barteis v. Windsor, 134 Conn. 569, 571.

The demurrer is sustained for the reason assigned therein.