Keifer v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actioh in the nature of trespass for injury to and removal of a stone wall claimed'to be an incumbrance in the highway, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Actioh in the nature of trespass for injury to and removal of a stone wall claimed'to be an incumbrance in the highway, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Curtis, J. ; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. ■ If the common council erred in adopting the layout of its standing committee on streets and sidewalks, instead of that of a special committee, the irregularity, at most, was only voidable by the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
The complaint in this action contained twó counts. The court below held. that the plaintiff could not recover on the first count. It is therefore unnecessary for us to give it any consideration now. The second count was for a trespass upon certain property owned by the plaintiff, *404namely, a certain wall and pilasters attached thereto, lying along the southerly side of a highway known as Chapel Street, in the city of Bridgeport. On this count judgment was rendered for the plaintiff to recover $279 damages, and from such judgment the defendant has appealed.
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- Terry's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Whittlesey v. Hartford, Providence & Fishkill RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1855
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- Hawley v. HarrallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
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