Phillips v. Town of East Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in Equity, praying for the appointment of commissioners to complete a bridge which by an act of the General Assembly the respondent city and town were required to build; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County.
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Bill in Equity, praying for the appointment of commissioners to complete a bridge which by an act of the General Assembly the respondent city and town were required to build; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County. The following facts were found by the court: The General Assembly, at its session in 1872, passed an act, the parts of which material to the present case, are as follows: “ Sec. 1. The city of New Haven and the town of East Haven are hereby authorized and directed to build and maintain a bridge over the Quinnipiac River, suitable and convenient for the accommodation of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The legislature by a special act passed in 1872, authorized and directed the City of New Haven and the Town of East Haven to build and maintain a bridge over the Quinnipiac River at their joint and equal expense; but the land damages and the expense of constructing and maintaining necessary highways to connect with the bridge within the limits of each were to be paid for by each severally. Special Acts of 1872, page 209.
The board of bridge commissioners, appointed pursuant to the act, located the bridge within the presented limits, and under their direction and superintendence a bridge has…
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