Lockwood v. Gregory
Supreme Court of Connecticut
WRIT of error. This was a petition to the county court of Fairfield 4 county, praying "for a highway to be laid out from the port in Norwalk, to the meeting-house in New-Canaan, at the expense of the towns of Norwalk and r naatx. rm . . , , * n , * ,, . 1 he petition stated, “ That at the port of yvorwa/A*, in Fairfield county, is a very convenient public market for the vending of all kinds of country produce, and a fine . . . harbour connected by its navigation with the…
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WRIT of error. This was a petition to the county court of Fairfield 4 county, praying "for a highway to be laid out from the port in Norwalk, to the meeting-house in New-Canaan, at the expense of the towns of Norwalk and r naatx. rm . . , , * n , * ,, . 1 he petition stated, “ That at the port of yvorwa/A*, in Fairfield county, is a very convenient public market for the vending of all kinds of country produce, and a fine . . . harbour connected by its navigation with the principal sea-ports in the United States, and with foreign parts, Northwesterly of this port is a very fertile and well…
1Opinion of the CourtBrainerd, J.
The original process was a petition preferred by the defendants in error to the county court for Fairfield county, February term, 1808, stating, that at the port of Norkvalk is a convenient market for country produce ; that by navigation, it has connexion with thp *414principal sea-ports in the United, States, and with foreign parts; that northwesterly of the port, is a fertile and well cultivated country, to which the harbour and market would be of great importance, were there any public road to accommodate the travel and transportation thither; that the roads from the meeting-house in…
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