Hartford Trust Co. v. Town of West Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to restrain the defendant town from taking a strip of land, alleged to be owned by the plaintiff, for highway uses, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Bennett, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. Three other cases against the same defendant, similar in their facts, were tried and determined at the same time in favor of the respective plaintiffs.
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Suit to restrain the defendant town from taking a strip of land, alleged to be owned by the plaintiff, for highway uses, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Bennett, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. Three other cases against the same defendant, similar in their facts, were tried and determined at the same time in favor of the respective plaintiffs. The plaintiffs own land on the south side of Farming-ton Avenue in the town of West Hartford. On February 7th, 1900, a proprietor of land adjoining this avenue made…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The defendant assigns as error the finding of the trial court that the proceedings taken to establish the lost and uncertain bounds of Farmington Avenue were not taken in accordance with § 2083 of the General Statutes, in that the map of the highway was not prepared and exhibited, and notices of the hearing and of the decision of the selectmen were not given as required by the provisions of this statute.
Strict compliance with each of the enumerated steps of the statute was the condition of the validity of the entire proceeding. Failure to comply with any of the required steps would constitute…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nichols v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1854
- Allis v. HallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Byrne v. Schuyler Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- City of Hartford v. Mechanics Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Keifer v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
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- Hutchison v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
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