Norton v. Shore Line Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the plaintiffs from an order of the railroad commissioners designating and directing the method of construction of the Shore Line Electric Railway Company, taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a motion to erase the appeal was granted (Williams, /.), from which the plaintiffs appealed.
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Appeal by the plaintiffs from an order of the railroad commissioners designating and directing the method of construction of the Shore Line Electric Railway Company, taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County where a motion to erase the appeal was granted (Williams, /.), from which the plaintiffs appealed. This case, known as No. 6923, was argued in connection with the cases preceding, Nos. 6922 and 6924. The following facts appear of record in case 6923: The appellants are residents of the town and borough of Guilford, and owners of property fronting on York Street in said borough. On…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeker, J.
Much of the discussion in the preceding cases is applicable here.
The function of the motion to erase, the interpretation to be given the word “aggrieved” in § 3834 of the General Statutes, the scope of an appeal under said section, and the allegations sufficient in such an appeal to withstand a motion to erase, need not be repeated, nor need we restate the doctrine that the illegal exercise by the railroad commissioners of their powers, or of their right of regulation, over street railways, will ■justify judicial interference.
These proceedings disclose no action of the directors of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Canastota Knife Co. v. Newington Tramway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. StevensSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Appeal of New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Fair Haven & Westville RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Appeal of Waterbury From the Doings of the Railroad CommissionerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
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- Long v. Zoning Commission of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Stevens v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912