Board of Water Commissioners v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for the appointment of appraisers to estimate the amount of compensation which should be paid to the respondent for taking a strip of his land for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a line of water pipes therein, brought to the Hon. William S. Case, a judge of the Superior Court, who overruled a demurrer to the petition and rendered judgment for the petitioner, from which the respondent appealed. No error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The plaintiff, acting under the authority of a resolution of the General Assembly approved August 2d, 1911, and being No. 367 of the Special Laws of that year, brought this petition to acquire by condemnation the right of constructing and maintaining a pipe line through the land of the defendant. He contends that it is without power to so acquire his property, for the reason that the attempted bestowal of authority by the resolution was ineffective, since it was adopted in violation of a provision of our State Constitution, which prescribes that the style of the laws of the General Assembly…
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