Norwalk Street Railway Company's Appeal
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appear from the action of the city authorities of Norwalk in refusing to approve the application and plan of the Nor-walk Street Railway Company for double tracking a portion of its line, taken to the Son. F. B. Sail, a judge of the Superior Court, by whom the cause was heard and judgment rendered for the railway company, and appeal by the city for alleged errors in the rulings of the judge.
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Appear from the action of the city authorities of Norwalk in refusing to approve the application and plan of the Nor-walk Street Railway Company for double tracking a portion of its line, taken to the Son. F. B. Sail, a judge of the Superior Court, by whom the cause was heard and judgment rendered for the railway company, and appeal by the city for alleged errors in the rulings of the judge. The petition in this case represents that on April 4th, 1896, the Norwalk Street Railway Company presented a plan for the location and construction of its railroad in the streets of the city of Norwalk,…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The Act of 1898* confers upon city councils certain powers in establishing regulations for the location, construction and operation of street railways; and requires *582a council, if requested by a railway company, to take some action within sixty days, and to notify the company in writing of its action. Whenever a council fails to give such written notice, the Act of 1895* confers the same powers upon the “Superior Court or any judge thereof,” to be exercised on application of a railway company, and calls this application an “ appeal.” The power so conferred on the court is described in the Act…
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