State v. Suffield & Thompsonville Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition under chapter 258 of the Public Acts of 1907 for the appointment of a committee to appraise the damages for the taking of the defendant’s toll-bridge and its approaches and appurtenances for the public use of a public highway, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County (Case, J.') and a committee duly appointed, who awarded the defendant §66,060.78 damages ; the defendant filed a remonstrance to the acceptance of the committee’s amended report, and the court (…
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Petition under chapter 258 of the Public Acts of 1907 for the appointment of a committee to appraise the damages for the taking of the defendant’s toll-bridge and its approaches and appurtenances for the public use of a public highway, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County (Case, J.') and a committee duly appointed, who awarded the defendant §66,060.78 damages ; the defendant filed a remonstrance to the acceptance of the committee’s amended report, and the court ( Curtis, J.), upon the request of all the parties, reserved the questions of law apparent on the record for the advice…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The Superior Court adjudged that the State take the bridge of the defendant, with its approaches and its appurtenances, to be the property of the State for the public use of a free public highway, as provided in the Act of 1907 for the establishment of free public highways across the Connecticut River and the Niantic River (Public Acts of 1907, p. 871, Chap. 258), and appointed a committee to assess such sum in favor of the defendant owner of said property as will justly compensate it therefor in pursuance of the provisions of said Act. The direction in the order for assessing just…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Enfield Toll Bridge Co. v. Hartford & New-Haven Rail-RoadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
- State v. MaineSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
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