Appeal of the Mayor of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order of the railroad commissioners authorizing the construction, maintenance and operation of a side track, at grade, across Hamilton Avenue in the city of Waterbury, to be used by a manufacturing company for switching purposes only, taken by the city of Waterbury to, and tried by, the Superior Court in New Haven County, Reed, J.; facts found and judgment rendered confirming the action of the railroad commissioners,' and appeal by the appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, C. J.
Section 3892 of the General Statutes, upon which the application to the railroad commissioners in this proceeding was made, and under the provisions of which the railroad commissioners assumed to act, reads as follows: “Said commissioners, when requested in writing by the selectmen of any town, the mayor of any city, or the warden of any borough, to forbid the use for switching purposes of the tracks of any company where the same cross any highway within such town, city, or borough, shall visit such crossing, first giving reasonable notice to the authorities making such request and to such…
2Cited by1 opinion
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