Lane v. Smith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of trespass quare clausum fregit for an injury to the plaintiff’s oyster grounds in New Haven harbor, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the plaintiff’s demurrer to the defendants’ answer was sustained by the court, Prentice, J., and thereafter the case was tried to the jury upon a general denial before George W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and…
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Action in the nature of trespass quare clausum fregit for an injury to the plaintiff’s oyster grounds in New Haven harbor, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the plaintiff’s demurrer to the defendants’ answer was sustained by the court, Prentice, J., and thereafter the case was tried to the jury upon a general denial before George W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Tokraítoe, J.
This case arises out of the facts set forth in the record of the case of Lane v. Board of Harbor Commissioners for New Haven Harbor, 70 Conn. 685, recently before this court, with reference to the digging of a channel over certain tide-water flats in New Haven harbor. In that case the present plaintiff sought to have the order of said commissioners, which limited his right to wharf out and confined it to the inshore line of said channel, modified or set aside ; in this case he sues the parties who were concerned in the actual digging of the channel, for the damages which he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lane v. Board of Harbor CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
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- Wilson v. Hudson County Water Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1910
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