Legal Opinion
Goodrich v. Dwyer
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided November 22, 1988No. (6042)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs appeal from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendants. This action was brought pursuant to General Statutes § lSa-1031 and sought to compel the defendants to repair and improve a roadway alleged by the plaintiffs to be a public highway in Killingly. The named plaintiff owns property in the vicinity of the roadway.
It was conceded that the town had never accepted the roadway as a public highway under General Statutes § 13a-48, so that it could have become a public *113highway only by operation of the common law. At common law, highways came into existence by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ventres v. Town of FarmingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Ruggiero v. Town of East HartfordConnecticut Appellate Court · 1984
- Golfin v. Plymouth Industrial Development Corp. of Connecticut, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1988
- Miller v. Grossman Shoes, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
3Cited by3 opinions
- Drabik v. Town of East LymeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Country Life Properties v. Town of EssexConnecticut Appellate Court · 1990
- Clinton v. Rogers Lake West Shores Ass'n, No. 519020 (Mar. 30, 1994)Connecticut Superior Court · 1994