State v. Hartford & New Haven Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a mandamus, by the attorney for the state, against the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company. The application alleged that the respondents were incorporated by the legislature of this state in the year 1883, with power to construct and operate, and for the purpose of constructing and operating, a railroad for the transportation of passengers andfreight, from the city of Hartford to the navigable waters of New Haven harbor at some point between the canal…
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Application for a mandamus, by the attorney for the state, against the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company. The application alleged that the respondents were incorporated by the legislature of this state in the year 1883, with power to construct and operate, and for the purpose of constructing and operating, a railroad for the transportation of passengers andfreight, from the city of Hartford to the navigable waters of New Haven harbor at some point between the canal basin and the west end of Tomlinson Bridge, and by a later act were empowered to extend their road to the north line of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
We consider the return made by the respondents to the mandamus unsatisfactory and insufficient, presenting no reason why the order should not be immediately executed.
The respondents admit that they have accepted their charter, made and completed their road as required, and for years have continued to run cars upon it for freight and passengers to and from tide water in the harbor of New Haven in connection with steamboats from New York; and they do not deny that they are now using that part of their road for the transportation of freight, but they refuse, and have for some time past refused,…
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