New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for the appointment of appraisers to estimate the damages to the defendants from the talcing of their land for railroad uses, brought to and heard by the Hon. Halfh Wheeler, a judge of the Superior Court; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings of the judge.
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Application for the appointment of appraisers to estimate the damages to the defendants from the talcing of their land for railroad uses, brought to and heard by the Hon. Halfh Wheeler, a judge of the Superior Court; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings of the judge. The following are the allegations of the application : “ 1. On December 21st, 1895, said railroad company and the city of Bridgeport, under the provisions of and by authority of a Special Act of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut,…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an application by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to a judge of the Superior Court, under § 8464 of the General Statutes, for the appointment of appraisers to estimate the damages from the taking of certain real estate belonging to the defendants. By the terms of the statute any railroad company is entitled to have such appraisers appointed, upon proof that it has the right to take the land in question for railroad purposes and that it cannot obtain it by agreement with the parties interested therein.
The defendants object to the appointment of appraisers, upon…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- New York & New England Railroad v. BristolSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. LongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Woodruff v. CatlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1886
- Mooney v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Cockcroft's Appeal From Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
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