Appeal of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from the refusal of the city of New London to approve the plan and method submitted by the Railroad Company for the erection and maintenance of an overhead electric transmission line in the streets of said city, taken to and tried by the Hon. Joel H. Reed, a judge of the Superior Court, upon the city’s motion to dismiss the appeal; judgment rendered in favor of the Railroad Company, from which the city appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The proceeding before Judge Reed in which the judgment appealed from was rendered is an application by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, being a street-railway company (hereinafter called the plaintiff), asking that the action of the mayor and court of common council of the city of New London (hereinafter called the defendant), in making an order for preserving in a safe condition for public use the highways for whose maintenance in a safe condition the city is charged by law as the agent of the State for that purpose, may be revoked, because the action complained of is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Norwalk Street Railway Company's AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Malmo's Appeal From County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Spencer's Appeal From Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Central Railway & Electric Co.'s AppealSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Canastota Knife Co. v. Newington Tramway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
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- Coombs v. DarlingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Woodmont Ass'n v. Town of MilfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
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