State ex rel. Judson v. County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to build the approaches to the Washington bridge, so-called, over the Housatonic river, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court, George W. Wheeler, J., upon the respondent’s motion to quash the alternative writ; the court granted the motion and denied the application for a peremptory mandamus, and the petitioner appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to build the approaches to the Washington bridge, so-called, over the Housatonic river, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court, George W. Wheeler, J., upon the respondent’s motion to quash the alternative writ; the court granted the motion and denied the application for a peremptory mandamus, and the petitioner appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. It is the duty of the counties to construct proper approaches to the bridge built by…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
This was an application for a writ of peremptory mandamus, to require the defendants to build ■approaches at each end of Washington bridge. The defendants are the county commissioners of New Haven county and of Fairfield county. The Superior Court issued an alternative writ which was duly served. On the return day the defendants appeared in court and moved that the alternative writ be quashed. The court granted that motion and the relator has appealed to this court.
It is necessary to consider but one question. The alternative writ—paragraph ten—alleges that “ it is the legal duty of the…
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