Parrott v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a writ of mandamus; brought to the Superior Court in. Pairfield County. Motion by respondents to quash the application, and case reserved upon this motion for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The petition shows that the city of Bridgeport, in the exercise of powers conferred upon it by its charter, completed in June, 1872, the laying out of a new street designated as Norman street, taking for that purpose a. piece of land belonging to the petitioner, one thousand feet in length by fifty feet in width, of the value of about twelve hundred dollars, in addition to which she was assessed and compelled to pay one hundred dollars for benefits; that the street diag*181onally crosses a dam belonging to her at the point where the gate is located, and thence runs through the pond, which is…
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