Armstrong v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the establishment of a boundary line and for an injunction; brought to the Superior Court. Facts found b}' a committee and case reserved for advice. The points decided by the court will be sufficiently understood without a statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The plaintiffs and defendants are the owners, in severalty, of different pieces of land lying on the easterly bank of Quinnipiac River, a navigable stream in which the tide ebbs and flows. The defendant Wheeler has constructed a wharf in front of his land below high-water mark, which wharf the plaintiffs claim is an encroachment upon their riparian rights. This action is brought against Wheeler to restrain any further encroachment.
The defendant Sarah M. Wright owns land next north of the plaintiffs’ in front of which in the river is a marine railway. The plaintiffs in an amendment to their…
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