Ives v. Town of East Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for the laying out of a highway; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The case was referred to a committee, whose report, made at the October term of the court, after stating1 the times and place of their sitting, and their having heard the parties and their evidence, proceeded as follows:— Having duly considered the evidence, and having examined the ground described over which a highway was prayed for, we do find that common convenience and necessity…
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Petition for the laying out of a highway; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The case was referred to a committee, whose report, made at the October term of the court, after stating1 the times and place of their sitting, and their having heard the parties and their evidence, proceeded as follows:— Having duly considered the evidence, and having examined the ground described over which a highway was prayed for, we do find that common convenience and necessity require that a highway should be laid out within the limits prayed for in said petition, and that upon the application…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
One of the numerous questions made in this case is in regard to the mode by which the proceedings came into court. The statute of 1866 in regard to the laying out of highways by the Superior Court provides that the citation “ shall be served upon one or more of the selectmen of the town within which such highway is, to appear if they see cause,” &c. No such service was made in this case, but two of the five selectmen of the town of East Haven waived the Service of the citation, in a writing to that effect upon the petition, at a time when but eleven days could intervene before the sitting of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Fowler v. Charles BishopSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- Bailey v. Town of TrumbullSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
- Ives v. FinchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
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- Post v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1865
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