Hartford v. Hosmer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit for tolls; tried at Norwich, March term, 1837, before Williams, Ch. J. At the session of the General Assembly, in October, 1795, Joshua Lalhrop and others, on a petition preferred by them, for liberty to establish turnpikes on the stage road from the courthouse in Norwich to the court-house in Hartford, through the towns of Franklin, Lebanon, part of Hebron, Coventry, Bolton and East-Harlford, and to collect tolls from trav-ellers, to be…
Read the full summary
This was an action of assumpsit for tolls; tried at Norwich, March term, 1837, before Williams, Ch. J. At the session of the General Assembly, in October, 1795, Joshua Lalhrop and others, on a petition preferred by them, for liberty to establish turnpikes on the stage road from the courthouse in Norwich to the court-house in Hartford, through the towns of Franklin, Lebanon, part of Hebron, Coventry, Bolton and East-Harlford, and to collect tolls from trav-ellers, to be applied to the reimbursement of the sums expended in repairing the road and to the keeping of it in repair, were constituted…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch. J.
The general principle, that when a turnpike company are authorized to locate their gates, and have located them, they cannot change such location at their pleasure, has been recently settled, by this court, in the case of The State v. The Norwalk and Danbury Turnpike Company, 10 Conn. Rep. 157. That case received the deliberate consideration of this court; and we have seen no reason to retract or alter the opinion then given.
The position of the gates upon a turnpike road, is a matter in which the company, on one side, and the public, on the other, are deeply interested. So far…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. Norwalk & Danbury Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1834
3Cited by5 opinions
- Lusby v. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1895
- Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad v. DevaneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1869
- Little v. Danville & White Lick Plank Road Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1862
- President of the Baltimore & Fredericktown Turnpike Co. v. RoutzahnCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1883
- Perkins v. Moorestown & Camden Turnpike Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1891