Simmons v. Town of Eastford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for the laying out of a highway. The petition alleged that the road prayed for was originally a part of the turnpike road of the Boston Turnpike Company, a corporation chartered by the general assembly in 1797, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a turnpike road from Hartford to the Massachusetts line at Thompson in this state, and that the road was immediately after constructed and opened by the company, and was maintained by the company until the year…
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Petition for the laying out of a highway. The petition alleged that the road prayed for was originally a part of the turnpike road of the Boston Turnpike Company, a corporation chartered by the general assembly in 1797, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a turnpike road from Hartford to the Massachusetts line at Thompson in this state, and that the road was immediately after constructed and opened by the company, and was maintained by the company until the year 1850 ; that shortly before the 7th of February, 1850, the company proposed to the town of Eastford to pay the town the…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
The petitioners seek to obtain a new highway between certain termini, and upon a certain route in the town of Eastford, where, until recently, a public open highway has existed, alleging that said highway has been discontinued and closed by the selectmen with the approbation of the town. It is objected among other things by the respondents, that no legal discontinuance of the highway, formerly open between the termini, was effected by the action of the selectmen and town, because such action was unauthorized and void. We are satisfied that the objection is well founded and must prevail ; and…
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