Tracy v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the statute for obstructing a highway-crossing by standing cars and trains for more than five minutes, brought to the City Court of Waterbury and heard by the court, Peasley, Acting-Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
By an Act passed in 1866 a forfeiture of not exceeding $10, to be recovered by any common informer, was imposed upon any railroad company which, “whenever it shall be necessary for any freight train” to remain at a station in such a position as to obstruct a highway-crossing for more than five minutes, should not separate the cars so as to let travelers pass. Public Acts of 1866, p. 54, Chap. 99. In 1878 this was replaced by an Act providing that any traveler upon a public street or highway, whose passage over a railroad-crossing was obstructed for more than five minutes “by reason of trains,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Cahill v. CahillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Canastota Knife Co. v. Newington Tramway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- State v. MainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
- Stevens v. KelleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
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- State v. HarringtonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1966
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