Legal Opinion

Loomis v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 14, 1905PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Action by property-owners to restrain the construction of a street railway, and action by the street-railway company to restrain the property-owners from interfering with the construction of the railway, brought to the Superior Court' in New Haven County and tried together to the court, 'Sham-way J.; judgment for the railway company in each case, and appeal by two of the property-owners.

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

On the 15th of October, 1902, the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company, acting under § 3828 of the General Statutes, presented to the board of aldermen of the city of Derby a written application for the approval of a plan of construction of its street railway through Derby Avenue, Gilbert Street, and New Haven Avenue, in the city of Derby, accompanied by a map showing the proposed location of the tracks, which, after due notice and hearing, was on the 14th of November, 1902, approved, with the following modifications: “ Except that from a point commencing at the junction of Commerce…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. City of Chicago v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Green v. Town of CanaanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
  3. Williams v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
  4. Morse v. RannoSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
  5. Commonwealth v. PetitclerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Rd. Co. v. DonovanOhio Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Mihalczo v. Borough of WoodmontSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
  3. LaChappelle v. Borough of Jewett CitySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
  4. People ex rel. Genna v. McLaughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  5. Miller v. Grossman Shoes, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1982

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