Williams v. Town of Stonington
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for the laying out of a highway; brought to the Superior Court. A committee, to which the case was referred by the court, reported that' they found the highway prayed for not to be of public convenience and necessity- and against laying out the same.
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Petition for the laying out of a highway; brought to the Superior Court. A committee, to which the case was referred by the court, reported that' they found the highway prayed for not to be of public convenience and necessity- and against laying out the same. The petitioners remonstrated against the acceptance of the report on the ground of irregular and irnproper conduct on the part of the committee, on which remonstrance the court found the following facts: During the hearing before the committee, Mr. Royce, one of the committee, on the invitation of George W. Blivin, stayed over night with…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
We "see nothing unusual or improper in the conduct of the committee in requiring the payment of their fees before delivering their report to the successful party, or in their stating to the parties after the hearing was closed that they should require such payment. Such a statement *231was as favorable for one party as for the other, and indicated no bias whatever.
Neither did it add to the incident that the defendants’ counsel, in the hearing of the other party, expressed an intention to comply with the requirement if the report should be in their favor. Nothing less could have been expected of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Towns of Groton & Ledyard v. HurlburtSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- Beardsley v. Town of WashIngtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1872
- Pond v. Town of MilfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1868
3Cited by1 opinion
- West Road Associates v. Blaschik, No. 54445 (May 7, 1992)Connecticut Superior Court · 1992