Stafford Springs Street Railway Co. v. Middle River Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Applications for the appointment of appraisers to estimate damages arising from the taking of land for railway purposes, brought to and heard by the Son. Joel S. Reed, a judge of the Superior Court; a demurrer to each application was overruled, after which the facts were found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
Neither application contained any allegation that the company preferring it had made a deposit with the treasurer of the State of a sum equal to $11 for each mile of its proposed road in this State. Demurrers on this ground were overruled, and averments in the answers that no such deposit had been made were held in-sufficient. The charter of the company authorizes it to take land “in the, same manner as provided for taking lands for steam railroad purposes.” 13 Special Laws, p. 919, § 11. In chapter 213 of the General Statutes, the title of which is “ Location and Construction of Steam…
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