Legal Opinion
Mellon v. Century Cable Management Corp.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 2, 1999No. SC 15975PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BERDON, J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether, under the facts of this case, a utility company may license the right to use its pole lines to a third party, notwithstanding the objection of the owner of the land on which they are situated. We answer this question in the negative.
The facts of this case are not in dispute. The plaintiff, Timothy Mellon, owns two houses situated on approximately 291 acres of land located at the confluence of the Eight Mile River and the Connecticut River, approximately five miles north of Long Island Sound. Southern *792New England Telephone Company…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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- A-G Foods, Inc. v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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