Legal Opinion
Center Drive-In Theatre, Inc. v. City of Derby
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 18, 1974PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoiselle, J.
The plaintiff corporation, Center Drive-In Theatre, Inc., was the owner of a drive-in theater in the city of Derby. In this action for damages the plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to restore a break in a dike after installing a sewer pipeline within an easement on the plaintiff’s land and that they caused other damage to the property. The plaintiff prevailed in a trial to the court and received a judgment of $5700, from which the defendants appealed.
The court found the following facts: The plaintiff owned approximately 18.3 acres of land, which were used for the operation of a…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Randolph Construction Co. v. Kings East CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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3Cited by20 opinions
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