Terry v. Town of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a highway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county. The respondents pleaded in bar the judgment of the same court against the petitioners in the case of Hoadley and others v. The Town of Waterbury, reported in 34 Conn.
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Petition for a highway, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county. The respondents pleaded in bar the judgment of the same court against the petitioners in the case of Hoadley and others v. The Town of Waterbury, reported in 34 Conn. R., 38. The petitioners replied that, under the act of the legislature passed at its May session 1867,* after the determination of that case, they were prepared and offered to give sufficient bond for the construction of the road prayed for, for the sum of $4,000. The court upon the petition and pleadings found the following facts. On the trial of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is a petition for a highway. The respondents, by way of answer, set up the proceedings and the judgment of the court in the case of Hoadley et al. v. Town of Waterbury, 34 Conn., 38, as a bar to the present suit. The replication sets up various matters which the petitioners claim should prevent the former judgment from being a bar. The allegations in the replication are denied by the respondents.
The finding of the court establishes the following propositions. The route of the present proposed highway is substantially the same as that asked for in the former petition A The present…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Webb v. Town of Rocky-HillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- Hoadley v. Town of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
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