Stevens v. Borough of Danbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover of the defendant borough damages assessed in the plaintiffs’ favor for land claimed to have been taken by the borough for the construction of public water works; brought to the Superior Court. The following facts were found by the court.
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Action to recover of the defendant borough damages assessed in the plaintiffs’ favor for land claimed to have been taken by the borough for the construction of public water works; brought to the Superior Court. The following facts were found by the court. The plaintiffs, on the 1st of January, 1881, were the joint owners with others of certain lands, rights and privileges described as follows:—All the land covered by the waters of Boggs Pond, and the dam at the outlet thereof, and the land on which the dam stands, and the right to control the dam, together with the right of access thereto,…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
By a resolution of the General Assembly passed in 1860 and added to in 1862, the borough of Dan-bury was empowered to supply itself with water by purchasing, or by taking for the purpose, any stream of water, water privileges or lands necessary or convenient for the purpose, within or without the limits of the borough; with a provision for the assessment of the value of any property taken otherwise than by purchase and for payment to the owner of the property so taken.
Under this resolution the borough, at a legal meeting held on the 16th day of July, 1880, voted to procure a supply of water…
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