Board of Water Commissioners v. Manchester
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for the appointment of appraisers to estimate the amount of compensation which the defendant landowner should receive for the taking of his land for reservoir purposes, brought to and heard by the Hon. William S. Case, a judge of the Superior Court, who sustained a demurrer to, and dismissed, the petition, from which judgment the plaintiff appealed. Error and judgment reversed.
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Petition for the appointment of appraisers to estimate the amount of compensation which the defendant landowner should receive for the taking of his land for reservoir purposes, brought to and heard by the Hon. William S. Case, a judge of the Superior Court, who sustained a demurrer to, and dismissed, the petition, from which judgment the plaintiff appealed. Error and judgment reversed. By stipulation of the parties four other cases—Board of Water Commissioners v. William G. Richards et al., Same v. Allison Manchester et al., Same v. Emma Manchester et al., and Same v. Mary C. Richards et…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
For all the purposes of these appeals the petitioner is a department or agency of the municipal government of the city of Hartford. West Hartford v. Water Commissioners, 68 Conn. 323, 331, 36 Atl. 786.
The Resolution in question (16 Special Laws, p. 389) comprises thirteen separately numbered sections, of which §§ 1, 4, 7, and 8 are material to this discussion, and are printed in a foot-note. * Section 1 authorizes the petitioner to construct reservoirs on Nepaug River and Phelps Brook, tributaries of Farmington River, and to divert water therefrom for the uses of the city of Hartford. Section…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Clark v. NashSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Head v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Town of West Hartford v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Olmstead v. CampSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
- Dalley v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gohld Realty Co. v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Adams v. Greenwich Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Northeastern Gas Transmission Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Connecticut College v. CalvertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
- Peterson v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
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