Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-130
No individual shall have any claim against a town for supplies or assistance furnished to a pauper against the express directions of the selectmen and no individual, except a medical provider, shall have any such claim before he has given notice of the condition of such pauper to one of the selectmen of the town where the pauper resides.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-130
(1949 Rev., S. 2594; 1971, P.A. 232; P.A. 83-575, S. 6, 10.)
Annotations to former section 17-284: No recovery from town for support of person if such person has property. 4 C. 553; 5 C. 244; 34 C. 264; 68 C. 139. Notice to selectmen of the town where the pauper resides is indispensable. 6 C. 72. What constitutes "notice". 18 C. 189; 43 C. 53; 112 C. 406. Selectmen not necessarily confined in the exercise of their powers to the limits of their own towns. 71 Conn. 724. Disclaimer by town to hospital fell short of express direction not to furnish aid. 112 C. 407. Cited. 139 C. 472; 146 C. 686; 149 C. 219. Compliance with notice provisions of section is condition precedent to right of physician or hospital to recover against town for services rendered to resident thereof unable to pay for such services. 33 CS 765.