Greist v. Amrhyn
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action in the nature of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Oase, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants. In 1904 the plaintiff enclosed a-large tract of uncultivated woodland, about one mile square, situated partly in New Haven and partly in the towns of Woodbridge and Orange.
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Action in the nature of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Oase, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendants. In 1904 the plaintiff enclosed a-large tract of uncultivated woodland, about one mile square, situated partly in New Haven and partly in the towns of Woodbridge and Orange. The land had been from the earliest times-owned and occupied by a large number of different owners in severalty, 'these different holdings-not being fenced-in but designated by stones and stakes at the…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The court held that the Cavan road was not and never had been a highway, and no question is raised as to the correctness of that conclusion; but the correctness of the court’s conclusion that the old Dogman road had been discontinued as a highway, and the correctness of its finding of facts upon which that conclusion is founded, are raised by the appeal. As the evidence upon which the exceptions to the findings of fact are based is not certified, those exceptions cannot be considered.
Do the facts found warrant the conclusion of the court that the old Dogman road had been discontinued ? A…
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