NEW HAVEN WATER CO. v. MAURO CONSTRUCTION CO.


144 Conn. 195 (1956)

THE NEW HAVEN WATER COMPANY v. THE MAURO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin Coeller, on the brief for the appellant (defendant).

Donald F. Keefe and John J. Pentz, Jr., on the brief for the appellee (plaintiff).

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


WYNNE, J.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, a public utility company supplying water, to recover a balance claimed to be due from the defendant, a building contractor, on five contracts entered into between them for the extension of water mains. The defendant denied any obligation under the contracts on the ground that they were illegal and were entered into by it under protest and duress. In a counterclaim it demanded that the contracts be canceled and that...

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