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ROGERS v. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

141 Conn. 426 (1954)

ROSE H. ROGERS, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF GEORGE C. ROGERS), ET AL. v. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF NEW HAVEN COUNTY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 7, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise Untermyer Wit, with whom were Morris B. Straka and, on the brief, James F. Rosen, Harry A. Cohen and John M. Murphy, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Ellsworth B. Foote, for the appellees (defendants).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.

BALDWIN, J.

This is an action for a declaratory judgment determining whether the defendant county commissioners of New Haven County were obligated to furnish legal counsel to the named plaintiff's decedent, Sheriff George C. Rogers, and to the other plaintiffs, Deputy Sheriff James V. Porto and Deputy Jailer Edward Kromer, for their defense of two actions brought for neglect of duty and illegal imprisonment, and whether the commissioners are obligated to pay the plaintiff...

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