Town of Fairfield v. D'Addario

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “the giving of reasonable notice was a condition precedent to [the contractor’s] duty to defend and indemnify” although the contract contained no specific language requiring notice
• finding agreement to constitute indemnity against liability, under which obligation to defend arose when action was brought
• finding agreement to constitute indemnity against liability, under which obligation to defend arose when action was brought
• town’s notice on January 22, 1956, to sewer contractor, who had agreed to indemnify town against liability, of action instituted on May 11, 1953, was not reasonable
• implied condition precedent of reasonable notice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).