Town of Chester v. Connecticut Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for an injunction against tlie abandonment of a railroad station by the respondents; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. A temporary injunction was issued, and the respondents applied for a dissolution of it, and upon the hearing upon this motion it was agreed by the parties that the facts might be found and the case in all respects treated as if it were a hearing upon the principal petition. The following facts were found.
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Petition for an injunction against tlie abandonment of a railroad station by the respondents; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. A temporary injunction was issued, and the respondents applied for a dissolution of it, and upon the hearing upon this motion it was agreed by the parties that the facts might be found and the case in all respects treated as if it were a hearing upon the principal petition. The following facts were found. There are two stations upon the railroad of the respondents, within the town of Chester, one known as the Chester Station and the other as the'…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
Sections 496 to 499 inclusive, on pages 192 and 193 of the Revision of 1866, enacted in 1865, point out the mode of fixing the location in certain cases of stations upon the line of any unfinished railroad, and declare that, when thus fixed, the railroad company shall thereafter maintain the same at such place. Chapter 67. page 38, of the session laws^of 1866, provides that “ no railroad corporation sKll "abandon any depot or station which is on its road, and in this state, after the same has been established for twelve months, except by the approval of the general railroad commissioners,…
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- State v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- Spencer's Appeal From Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905