New York & New England Railroad Company's Appeal from Railroad Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal of the New York & New England Railroad Company from an order of the railroad commissioners requiring the company to remove a grade-crossing in the town of Bristol; taken to the Superior Court in the county of Hartford, and heard before F. B. Sail, J. The railroad commissioners were made respondents, with the town, of Bristol and sundry land owners. Facts found and judgment rendered for the appellees, and appeal by the railroad company.
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Appeal of the New York & New England Railroad Company from an order of the railroad commissioners requiring the company to remove a grade-crossing in the town of Bristol; taken to the Superior Court in the county of Hartford, and heard before F. B. Sail, J. The railroad commissioners were made respondents, with the town, of Bristol and sundry land owners. Facts found and judgment rendered for the appellees, and appeal by the railroad company. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. -.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The danger of grade-crossings has re-
ceived the attention of the General Assembly of this state on numerous occasions. That every such crossing is a menace to human life is recognized, and repeated enactments, each supposed to be more stringent and effective to lessen the danger than former ones, have from time to time been passed. Indeed the legislative will seems now to have become settled that all such crossings shall be removed without unnecessary delay.
To carry out this determination the General Assembly at its session in 1889 passed an act entitled “ An Act relating to Grade Crossings.”…
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- Raymond v. FishSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
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