Connecticut § 52-558 Liability for placing obstructions in highway.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 52-558 — Liability for placing obstructions in highway.

Connecticut § 52-558

Title 52Civil Actions

Ch. 925Statutory Rights of Action and Defenses

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-558 (2026).

Text

When any person places or keeps building materials, or any obstacle, in any highway, either with or without a license therefor from the town, city or borough in which such highway is situated, he shall pay to such town, city or borough all costs and damages which it sustains or is compelled to pay by reason thereof.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 8299.) Open sewer box on sidewalk not an obstacle. 91 C. 255. Allowing water to flow from building and freeze on sidewalk. 104 C. 508. Gasoline from abutter's filling station making sidewalk unsafe. 108 C. 198. Imposes liability upon an abutting owner who, while not placing an obstruction in a highway, allows it to remain there. 134 C. 322.