Legal Opinion
City of Middletown v. N. Y., N. H. H. R. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 6, 1893PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an amicable suit brought upon an agreed state of facts, with all questions as to the form of action waived, for the purpose of obtaining a construction of section seven of chapter CCXX of the public acts of 1889.
The claim in suit is for expenses incurred by the plaintiff, amounting to the sum of 1265.74, in re-planking a bridge over the Air Line Railroad at Main street in the city of Middletown. The roof of the bridge forms the surface of the highway.
Previous to the act of 1889 the railroad company had always assumed the duty of maintaining and repairing the bridge, but after the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
- Inhabitants of Goshen v. Inhabitants of StoningtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
- Smith v. LyonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- Hartford Bridge Co. v. Town of East-HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
- Plumb v. SawyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1851
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Plouffe v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Humphrey v. GerardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Hazzard v. GallucciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Peterson v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- Town of Old Saybrook v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1924
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