MAYKUT v. PLASKO


170 Conn. 310 (1976)

AUGUST P. MAYKUT v. MARTIN PLASKO ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen F. Krause, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Nancy O'Connell Dodge, with whom, on the brief, was Albert L. Coles, for the appellees (defendants).

HOUSE, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and BARBER, JS.


LONGO, J.

The defendants, Martin and Mary Plasko, own a twenty-eight acre farm in Trumbull, a portion of which they used to raise corn. To reduce damage to their ripening corn caused by marauding birds, from time to time they used a mechanical noisemaking device known as a "corn cannon" which emitted a noise like a gunshot or explosion. They operated it from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the device sounded at about five-minute intervals. The plaintiff lives in a residence...

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