Harris v. City of Ansonia
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for damages for a trespass to lands adjoining a highway in Ansonia and for an injunction against its repetítion, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer for misjoinder of causes of action was sustained (Prentice, J.~), and afterwards the claim for legal relief was tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $175 damages, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of…
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Action for damages for a trespass to lands adjoining a highway in Ansonia and for an injunction against its repetítion, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a demurrer for misjoinder of causes of action was sustained (Prentice, J.~), and afterwards the claim for legal relief was tried to the jury before Ralph Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $175 damages, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The defendants also appealed from the refusal of the court to grant a new trial upon the ground of a verdict…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The plaintiff claimed title to the land in question by inheritance from her mother, who died in 1867, and by purchase of the interests of her brothers and sisters who were coheirs. These purchases were made after the death of her father, which occurred in 1892. From 1867 to 1892 he was tenant by the curtesy of whatever land had been the property of his wife.
The defendant claimed, among other things, that in 1875 the land had been dedicated for a highway by the plaintiff, under an agreement between herself and her father on the one hand, and the selectmen on the other. On this point the court…
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