Case Name: The Valley Oil Company, Inc. v. Alfred D. Barry et al.
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1952-05-08
Citations: 18 Conn. Supp. 42
Docket Number: File No. 5824
Parties: The Valley Oil Company, Inc. v. Alfred D. Barry et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Supplement
Volume: 18
Pages: 42–43

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.