Legal Opinion

Town of Meriden v. Bennett

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 24, 1903PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action in the nature of an appeal from an order of the county commissioners directing the town of Meriden to repair an alleged highway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and reserved by that court, Elmer, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court.

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

On the 19th of July, 1901, the defendants in this proceeding, who are six citizens of the town of Cheshire, brought a complaint to the county commissioners of New Haven county, under General Statutes, § 2021, alleging that a certain highway in the town of Meriden, extending from a point near Hough’s Mills, so-called, northeasterly along the east bank of the Quinnipiac River to the River Road, so-called, was out of repair, obstructed and impassable. This complaint came before the county commissioners on the 24th of September, 1901, and by continuance to the 3d of October, 1901, when the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Doolittle v. Selectmen of BranfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
  2. Cullen v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
  3. N. Y. Eng. R. R. Co's. Appeal From Railroad Comm.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
  4. Town of Westbrook's Appeal from Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
  5. New Haven Steam Saw Mill Co. v. City of New Haven & New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. City of Norwalk v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
  2. Marrin v. SpearowConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
  3. Kane v. Knights of ColumbusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911

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