Legal Opinion
Stamford Dock & Realty Corp. v. City of Stamford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 8, 1938PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The substituted complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are the owners of certain docks, piers, buildings, franchises, rights and privileges located on and appurtenant to the Stamford canal and turning basin. The canal is a public, navigable waterway under the jurisdiction of the federal government and with the turning basin at its upper end has been used by the plaintiffs and their predecessors in title for over fifty years in their operations as common carriers engaged in interstate commerce. A brook or natural watercourse empties into the basin at its northeasterly corner. This brook and its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Pope v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Cashman v. Meriden HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Colwell v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Lovejoy v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
3Cited by18 opinions
- Nowak v. NowakSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- International Union of Electrical Workers v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Light v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Levay v. LevaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Beauton v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
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