Hollister v. Union Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on the case, brought by Hollister agains? The Union Company, for a consequential injury to the plaintiff’s land. The declaration contained three counts, substantially alike, so far, at least, as any contested point in the casé fe concerned.
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This was an action on the case, brought by Hollister agains? The Union Company, for a consequential injury to the plaintiff’s land. The declaration contained three counts, substantially alike, so far, at least, as any contested point in the casé fe concerned. In each of these counts, the plaintiff alleged, that the defendants were incorporated, by an act of the legislature of this state, passed in October, 1800, for the purpose of remo-ring the obstructions to the navigation in Connecticut river, _ f I • 1* 1 i from Hartford to the sound; that they immediately ed to erect wharves, piers and…
1Opinion of the Court
Daggett, Ch. J.
The act of the legislature of 1800, by which this company was incorporated, is declared, in its title, to be, “ an act for incorporating a company to clear the channel of Connecticut River.” In the fifth section, it is enacted, among other things, that the company may “ erect and build such wharves, piers and hedges in said river, or on the banks thereof, as they may judge necessary, they paying to the owner or owners of the land where such wharves maybe erected, such sum or sums as may be assessed, by the county court of the county where such land may lie.”
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