City of Waterbury v. Platt Bros. & Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for the appointment of a committee to appraise the damages to be paid to the defendant for an appropriation, for a limited time, of its riparian rights and property, to city sewage purposes, brought to the Hon. William S. Case, a judge of the Superior Court, who sustained the defendant’s demurrer and dismissed the application, from which judgment the' plaintiff appealed.
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Application for the appointment of a committee to appraise the damages to be paid to the defendant for an appropriation, for a limited time, of its riparian rights and property, to city sewage purposes, brought to the Hon. William S. Case, a judge of the Superior Court, who sustained the defendant’s demurrer and dismissed the application, from which judgment the' plaintiff appealed. The substance of the application is as follows: The respondent, and its predecessors in title, for many years prior to 1884, and to the present time, have owned a tract of land and water-privilege on the Naugatuck…
1Opinion of the CourtHamebsley, J.
The essential averments of fact contained in the application may be stated thus : For some years past the city of Waterbury has conveyed, by means of the Nauga tuck River, portions of the filth and noxious substances accumulated by its inhabitants to the premises of the defendant, and the putrefaction of the substances thus deposited has damaged the property of the defendant, and seriously endangered the health of those living on the premises and employed about the manufacturing establishments thereon. By a judgment of the Superior Court the city has been compelled to pay the damages suffered…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Platt Bros. v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
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