Farist Steel Co. v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an assessment of benefits and damages in laying out harbor lines by the defendant city; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. Facts found and case reserved for advice. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, J.
The finding of facts states that the plaintiff is the owner in fee of certain real estate in the city of Bridgeport consisting of uplands, and, as a riparian owner, of the mud-flats adjacent thereto, on the east side of Bridgeport harbor.
It further appears that in the year 1886 the common council of the city legally designated and established a harbor line on the east side of Bridgeport harbor, which line ran over the mud-flats of the plaintiff and others, and assessed benefits and damages resulting therefrom to the respective parties interested.
At that time, and for many years before, a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Simons v. FrenchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1856
- Gregory v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1884
- Hough v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
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